A majority of parents (61 percent) are not letting the recession change their plans for their children’s college education, according to a survey by COUNTRY Financial. Further, 47 percent say college plans are a higher priority than retirement savings (41 percent).
This marks the first time in three years a majority of parents are putting their [...]
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 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 [...]
You might weep the day you leave your son or daughter in a college dormitory for the first time, but wait until you take a look at the first bill for tuition, room and board.
You could be moved to a different kind of tears.
About this time of year, that bill arrives. And it’s a [...]
VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW), the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop to the datacenter, today announced new educational services and certification programs designed to help IT professionals build world-class virtual environments. The programs are designed for varied positions, including systems administrators, design architects, operators and managers who are interested in enhancing their knowledge and [...]
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 [...]
CEA, the leading global marketplace for quality study abroad programs for university and college students, announced today that it has named Dr. William Davey as Vice President of Academic Affairs. An internationally recognized expert in cross-cultural communications, Dr. Davey is charged with overseeing CEA’s academic initiatives and development with a particular focus on the signature [...]
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 [...]
Sallie Mae Senior Vice President Barry Goulding today testified at the Senate Banking Committee hearing, ‘Paying for College: The Role of Private Student Lending’ to demonstrate how Sallie Mae serves students and parents in the private education loan market.
Goulding emphasized Sallie Mae’s ‘1-2-3 approach’ to paying for college: 1) after tapping personal financial resources such [...]
Starting in the academic year of 2007-08, Seton Hill University (SHU) will offer a new scholarship available to incoming freshman.
This is the new “Seton Scholars†program, and four incoming freshman will be chosen to receive a full-tuition scholarship, renewable for four years, valued at $100,000 each.
One scholarship will be offered in each academic division-one in [...]