As many colleges, including ISU, have begun mailing their financial-aid award letters this month, students can still consider their options to obtain more monetary assistance for the upcoming school year.
Although a House committee approved increasing the four-year undergraduate loan limit from $23,000 to $31,000, help is unlikely to come quick enough to impact those [...]

The Clinton and Madison school districts are the latest to reach financial aid agreements with Siena Heights University.
Qualified Clinton Community Schools graduates will receive a guaranteed minimum of $5,000 in financial aid and scholarship commitments totaling $400,000 from Siena Heights University, according to a news release from Siena. The university is promising more than $500,000 [...]

It is in the government’s best interest that its citizens be well educated. For that reason, there is a system to provide college monies for those who can demonstrate need.
To qualify for financial aid, a student must complete the FAFSA (www.fafsa.ed.gov) either on paper or online. Using the information from the FAFSA, the government determines [...]

The measure would enable more seniors to continue living in their own homes by allowing caregivers who aren’t related to them to apply for aid under the Pennsylvania Family Caregiver Support Program, said Rep. Phyllis Mundy, D-Kingston, the bill sponsor.
Ms. Mundy is chairwoman of the House Aging and Older Adult Services Committee.
In existence since 1990, [...]

About 500 low-income students at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point may be unable to attend classes this fall because of the uncertainty of a state financial aid program.
The Higher Education Aids Board has imposed a waiting list for applicants to the Wisconsin Higher Education Grant program, which last year awarded about $3.3 million to 1,923 [...]

Maria College has received a $7,500 grant from the New York State Higher Education Services Corp. to implement an online course to teach students about their finances.
The course is designed to educate students at the Albany, N.Y., college, and others, about student loans and repayment practices, as well as to equip them with practical financial [...]

Students planning to attend Texas A&M International University in the fall should apply for financial aid before August to take advantage of the maximum range of financial assistance available, an administrator said.Laura Elizondo, director of financial aid, said TAMIU awarded more than $27 million in financial aid last year. She said students should apply before [...]

Nearly 90 percent of FAMU students depend on financial aid, so news of FAMU’s accreditation probationary status comes as a blow.
“My financial aid is how I pay for my everything, so of course I would leave and I’m sure a lot of other people would leave too,” said FAMU student Tytianna Greene.
After three years Matefia [...]

Low-income students applying for financial aid to attend the University of Wisconsin campuses this fall will be put on a waiting list for one program due to uncertainty surrounding the state budget.
The Higher Educational Aids Board said that it’s running out of money for the Wisconsin Higher Education Grant program. The program gives need-based grants [...]

Lawmakers from all corners of Oregon are backing a new approach to college financial aid as the elixir to the state’s college-affordability woes.
But the plan is running into an affordability gap of its own, after fiscal analysts found that the costs could be 30 percent higher than originally thought.
On Friday, the House Education Committee unanimously [...]