With tuition rates spiraling upward each year at most colleges and universities, it’s no secret earning that college degree comes with a hefty price tag.
According to “The College Boardâ€, on average, you’ll pay a little over thirty thousand dollars a year for a private school, adding up to a whopping hundred and thirty thousand dollars [...]
College Loan Corporation, the nation’s seventh largest student loan provider, today announced that it was chosen as a finalist in the “Best Customer Service” category for the 2006 American Business Award, more commonly known as the “Stevie(tm).”
Hailed as “the business world’s own Oscars” by the New York Post, the American Business Awards are the [...]
A state student-loan program this year is increasing to $500,000 its direct grants to Montana college students, to help those having difficulty paying education bills.
The amount for the 2006 school year is more than twice the $200,000 in grants financed last year by the Montana Guaranteed Student Loan Program, which administers a variety of student-aid [...]
The Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida’s (BCBSF) philanthropic affiliate, recently awarded UNIDAD/Miami Beach Hispanic Community Center a two-year grant totaling $80,000 to support children’s oral health. The Miami Beach Children’s Oral Health Initiative, sponsored by the North Beach Health Coalition, will administer the program. Organizers designed the [...]
A state student-loan program this year is increasing to $500,000 its direct grants to Montana college students, to help those having difficulty paying education bills.
The amount for the 2006 school year is more than twice the $200,000 in grants financed last year by the Montana Guaranteed Student Loan Program, which administers a variety of student-aid [...]
New College announced Monday its students have received three Fulbright Fellowships and one alternate for 2006. This year’s winners bring the college’s total to 23 awards in 12 years.
Two current students and an alumnus have been awarded Fulbright Scholarships for Germany in 2006-07 and a fourth student has been named an alternate for a Fulbright [...]
Helios Education Foundation (Helios) announced today its new corporate headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona. The non-profit education foundation supports initiatives that encourage participation, increase access, and enrich the learning experience leading to the successful completion of post-secondary education for Arizona and Florida residents. Helios occupies approximately 6,000 square feet of office space in the Esplanade office [...]
A foundation associated with the Alabama Fire College received $85,000 in state grants from legislators before it came under review by federal investigators.
State Comptroller Bob Childree said legislators’ community service grants went to the Alabama Fire College Foundation during three years: $15,000 in 2000, $40,000 in 2002, and $30,000 in 2003.
Childree said Thursday the records [...]
Wichita Area Technical College, in partnership with three other colleges, has received a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation to develop education and training curricula for aerospace manufacturing.
Purdue University, El Camino College in Los Angeles and Oregon Institute of Technology are the other partners.
WATC’s role will be similar to the other colleges. [...]
A $62,139 grant from the TG Public Benefit Grant Program will help find a program at McLennan Community College that’s aimed at reducing high school dropout rates and encouraging at-risk students to become the first in their families to graduate from college.
TG is a Texas-based nonprofit corporation that guarantees federal student loans.
MCCâ€s First Generation College [...]
An Albertson College of Idaho student council will decide during the next two weeks how to give away $30,000 in grant funds.
Thirty Treasure Valley organizations are vying for the Albertson College of Idaho Champions Student Philanthropy Council grant funds, donated by the Seagraves Family Foundation.
Youth organizations, reading programs, a gang-prevention initiative and others have made [...]
Think your college boards were hard? What about those college financial aid offers? They can make your SATs look like Scrabble Junior.
If you were accepted by several schools, there’s a good chance you also received offers of financial aid. Comparing them isn’t easy. The award letters typically contain combinations of scholarships, grants, work-study and loans.
Some [...]