Megan Crane
Kansas State Collegian
I have lived in Europe. Being able to someday tell my grandkids about this experience is just one of the advantages I found in my semester of studying abroad.
For four months I was a resident of Spain. I attended a university, attempted to speak the Spanish language and dress in a similar [...]

Students have until June 30 to consolidate loans
Clemson University sophomore John Masslon, like other college student across the nation, is hearing from lots of lenders about his student loan.
Lenders are hawking offers to consolidate student loans and lock in rates before rates go up July 1.
Consolidation can lower monthly loan payments and save thousands of [...]

Using a $873,934 grant, Baldwin Park Unified School District will train educators in teaching math and science this summer.
Around the state, 17 school districts received $13.2 million in federal grants from the California Mathematics and Science Partnership for professional development, the California Department of Education announced June 9.
In Baldwin Park, 30 fifth- and eighth-grade science [...]

Looking for ways to make college more affordable, a panel of education experts has proposed a low-interest loan program for middle-class families that make too much to qualify for traditional financial assistance.
During its meeting Tuesday in Sacramento, the California Postsecondary Education Commission will explore creating a program that would offer low-interest college loans to students [...]

eLearners.com, the leading resource for connecting students with online education, announced today it has forged a relationship with BusinessWeek Online to power an online education directory for its users. The directory offers a comprehensive database of information on distance learning opportunities, including online courses, degrees and certificate programs in the information technology and business fields.
The [...]

Recently, the Arizona Students’ Association issued a call to arms, asking college students to phone their legislators and demand more state funding for financial aid.
That’s because in the process of hammering out next year’s state budget, it had appeared that legislative funding would pass over the Arizona Financial Aid Trust, ASA interim director Serena Unrein [...]

A 17-year-old Scottish student training to becoming an accountant has been awarded the Helen Jones Scholarship, created by the parents of the 28-year-old accountant, who was killed in the Russell Square blast in July last year.
Emma McDowall, 17, said she was honoured to receive award saying it was a ‘huge ambition’ of hers to pursue [...]

Adam Austin and James Sherwood are sharing the Clayton J. Tong Memorial Scholarship presented by the Steuben-Allegany Board of Cooperative Educational Services.
Austin, a senior at Campbell-Savona High School, and Sherwood, a senior from Corning West High School, received the $3,000 award at the BOCES student recognition ceremony on June 12 at Campbell-Savona. Both are students [...]

amie L. David has been awarded an Air Force ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) college scholarship.
David was selected on the basis of comprehensive tests scores, high school scholastic achievement, school officials’ evaluations, extra-curricular activities and community involvement. The scholarship is designed to cover the cost of tuition, textbooks, laboratory and incidental fees and a non-taxable [...]

A young aspiring accountant has been named as the first recipient of a scholarship set up in memory of one of the victims of the July 7 bombings in London.
Emma McDowall, 17, said she was honoured to receive The Helen Jones Scholarship, created by the parents of the 28-year-old killed in the Russell Square blast [...]