College financial aid seminars will be held in January for students and parents of public, private, charter and home schools.
The free seminars, which will cover college scholarships and financial aid, will be held at Polk County high schools in January.
Seminar topics will include the scholarship search, Florida Bright Futures Program, financial aid sources and publications, [...]

The University of Wisconsin-Madison and other state universities boast some of the nation’s best study abroad programs, according to a report released last week.
Among all American doctoral and research institutions, UW-Madison ranked No. 11 in the Open Doors 2006 report released by the Institute of International Development, while three other UW schools placed in the [...]

The University has taken a major step toward bolstering the four-year residential college system, announcing proposals yesterday to make club membership more financially accessible and allow upperclassmen to affiliate with both club and college.
Nassau Hall said it will provide larger financial aid grants for all upperclass students and offer a number [...]

College costs are on the rise, with an expected 6 percent tuition increase next year.
To help local parents and students cope with these rising costs, the Oswego High School will host its annual financial aid information night at the Ralph M. Faust Theatre at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Kathy Flaherty, an experienced financial aid authority who has [...]

New grant programs. Higher interest rates for student loans. A permanent tax exemption for 529 savings plans. In the college financing arena, the hottest trend in 2006 seemed to be change itself. A little tinkering here. Some sweeping overhauls there. What it all means depends on your personal circumstances. But no matter where you are [...]

The University of Kentucky came out relatively well in a gloomy national report yesterday that said when student financial aid is handed out, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
UK got an overall grade of “C” in a study by The Education Trust that criticized the nation’s 50 flagship public universities for increasing [...]

Here are some strategies that families can use to help maximize their eligibility for student financial aid:
Reduce income during the years upon which the financial need analysis is based. For example, if a parent takes a sabbatical from work in the year prior to seeking aid, it could result in a larger aid package.
Realize [...]

Barnard students, administrators, and staff discussed issues surrounding financial aid over dinner Thursday night at the Student Government Association’s first town hall of the year.
The meeting was intended to open a dialogue on a topic that can be “mysterious,” according to SGA President Eman Bataineh, BC ‘07.
Campus discussion on financial aid increased recently with the [...]

Stanford University is preparing a plan to offer financial aid to international undergraduate students — an expensive and ambitious move that would open up a whole world, literally, of new applicants.
“We live in a global environment,” said Richard Shaw, Stanford’s dean of admissions and financial aid. “The idea that we can bring together the best [...]

Continuing to prepare students for living in a multicultural 21st century, Goshen president Jim Brenneman announced Wednesday morning that the college has received a $12.5 million grant from the Lilly Endowment.
The grant, the largest single grant Goshen College has received, will be used for the development of a Center for Intercultural Teaching and Learning to [...]

Arizona State University’s College of Nursing and Healthcare Innovation has been awarded a $1.3 million federal grant to design a program for improving nurse retention and patient care.
The college will partner with Abrazo Health Care of Arizona on the five-year Nurses-to-Nurses initiative. In the East Valley, Abrazo Health Care owns Paradise Valley Hospital, and its [...]

When Jeremy Hynd graduated from Vanderbilt University in 2004, he applied to consolidate $44,000 in student loans. With interest rates then at record lows, consolidation offered the opportunity to lock in a 2.5% rate for the life of the loan.
But Hynd discovered that $27,000 of his loans weren’t eligible for federal loan consolidation because they [...]