Guide to Education Grants

Another Student Loan Resource:Recently I watched this great movie called “The Illusionist” with Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti and Jessica Biel. Great flick. Lots of smoke and mirrors and a great ending – with a major twist – that you never would expect.
 
Princeton has received much press, accolades and positive response to its recent decision to [...]

Another Student Loan Resource:Could it be that social networks are becoming an embedded piece of our culture, no longer just limited to college geeks, party mongers, and those who are hip and in the know? That would appear to be the case.
 
Just last month the CIA, that is, the Central Intelligence Agency, got friendly with [...]

Another Student Loan Resource:According to a Jan. 29, 2007 article titled “U.S. Accreditation Official Out of a Job” written by Doug Lederman that appeared in Inside Higher Ed, John W. Barth, the director of accreditation and state liaison at the Department of Education, has transferred to a position at the Federal Student Aid Ombudsman’s office. [...]

Another Student Loan Resource:Founded in 1976, the University of Phoenix, the largest private university in the country, started the “trend” of online private education companies catering to working students. Many such colleges and schools have followed in its footsteps, with varying degrees of success.
 
It seems that the private sector of college education may encounter less [...]

Another Student Loan Resource:Grants are an important source of funding for any institution and organization in need of money. Not only do grants help students defray the cost of attendance, they also help colleges keep their tuition costs in check because awarded funds can help strengthen developing academic programs.
 
According to a Jan. 30, 2007 article [...]

What is the only crime you can commit that will disqualify you from federal student financial aid?   Murder?   Larceny?  Perjury?  Assault or battery?   No.  The crime is a drug conviction.   
In a symbolic protest of the law the students believe unfair, UC Berkeley’s Student Government created a scholarship for fellow students denied federal student aid due [...]

USA Today and ABC News collaborated on a series of stories this past year, “Young and in Debt”.  These stories focused on the affect debt can have the lives of twentysomethings.  They paired Generation Y members with financial planning professionals to help them get their financial footing.  For the follow up, USA Today surveyed those [...]