Tag: Financial Aid: Page 62

Students

Rethinking Student Aid Group Suggests Overhauling Financial Aid

A group of policy experts charged with the arduous task of rethinking strategies for student financial aid recommends an overhaul of the financial aid process, beginning with simplifying the financial aid application by tying it to a family’s tax return in addition to creating a better college savings program for low-income families.

September 18, 2008

Students

Congress Sends Student Loan Extension to Bush

Congress has approved through the 2010 school year a program that will allow students who rely on loans to continue their educations regardless of current difficulties in the private credit market.

September 18, 2008

MSIs

Democratic Platform Promises More for Education

Education plan includes a tax credit for college students who perform community service and grants for community colleges.

September 17, 2008

Home

Education Department Expands Web Site to Promote College-going Culture

Soon, aspiring college students will use a federal Web site to share their goals and dreams for higher education.

September 15, 2008

Students

Perspectives: Challenges in Higher Education for the Next President

Unlike the Middle East or the housing industry, the next president will not face an immediate crisis in addressing the issue of higher education in the United States.

September 14, 2008

HBCUs

UNCF Unveils Plan to Give HBCUs New Voice

Seeking to capitalize on recent successes such as the renewal of the Higher Education Act, the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) on Wednesday unveiled a detailed new legislative agenda along with plans to raise awareness of historically Black colleges in Congress.

September 10, 2008

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Congress Cuts Off College Aid for Sex Offenders

Some of the nation’s worst sex offenders will no longer be eligible to receive generous educational financial aid packages while they are confined in treatment centers under a bill approved by Congress.

August 6, 2008

Leadership & Policy

Education Department Launches Effort to Simplify Aid Formula

The U.S. Department of Education is launching an effort to reform and simplify how college students apply for and receive financial aid.

August 6, 2008

Home

Congress Cuts Off College Aid for Sex Offenders

Some of the nation’s worst sex offenders will no longer be eligible to receive generous educational financial aid packages while they are confined in treatment centers under a bill approved by Congress.

August 5, 2008

Home

Congress Cuts Off College Aid for Sex Offenders

Some of the nation’s worst sex offenders will no longer be eligible to receive generous educational financial aid packages while they are confined in treatment centers under a bill approved by Congress.

August 4, 2008

Home

Spellings: Reform Higher Ed From Within, Or Congress Will

To keep up with international competition, U.S. colleges and universities need to set a deadline to educate 10 million more people by 2012 and particularly focus on those from low-income and minority groups as well as “nontraditional” adult students, said Education Secretary Margaret Spellings.

July 20, 2008

Students

Education Department Launches Effort to Simplify Student Aid Formula

Under Secretary of Education Sara Martinez Tucker calls for revamping federal aid formula at national summit.

July 17, 2008