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The University of Alabama Policy Education Center released a report today that looks at Kansas as a case study for the impact of the federal student-aid program. It found that as Pell Grant dollars given to Kansas students nearly doubled between ...  

When it comes to graduating college, students need to prepare for many things, such as meeting our workforce needs with a changing economy and a high tech world and because of that, financial aid will be as critical as ever. Vince Gallagher has more.  

Student financial-aid experts gathered at a forum at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday to discuss the need to make the 40-year-old federal program more efficient and the importance of providing academic and social supports for students to boost college ...  

Carmine Mowbray suggests that today's students could easily overcome the proposed $845 reduction in Pell grants by showing a little discipline and working 15 eight-hour days at minimum wage instead of expecting a free handout. In support of this ...  

Pell grants under the Federal Student Aid office’s Title IV program are need-based and awarded to low- to medium-income undergraduate students. Schools are required to submit a disbursement record within 30 days of the date they become aware ...  

Apart from the Pell Grant, most student-aid programs—including Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants and Federal Work-Study—would receive flat financing, as would the Gear Up college-preparation ... bill would tighten eligibility for the grants ...  

Print Email Text-size: A A A Share: Last week congressional leaders agreed to a $1 trillion compromise that avoided another threatened government shutdown. But what this latest negotiation actually compromises is the future of many hard-working ...  

"We have 117,000 students who receive Pell grants, so the loss of Pell grants is going to necessitate possibly more student loans," Moore said. According to the Institute for College Access & Success, a nonprofit independent research and policy ...  

You can also call toll-free at 1-800-4-FED-AID (1-800-433-3243 ... That won’t qualify for a Pell Grant since the EFC is more than $4,995, but it might qualify for subsidized Stafford loans or even institutional grants depending on the cost ...  

Students who take that long to get a degree typically are ... which provides grants to winners in exchange for reforms the administration favors, would absorb a more than 20 percent cut. The bill next goes to the Senate, which was expected ...  

Allentown Morning CallArea educators, officials not sure what Corbett's budget means for themYork Daily RecordGrants for college and trade school students who are training for high-demand occupations. --- A streamlined program for providing loans to startup businesses. Mike Smeltzer, president of the Manufacturers Association of South Central Pennsylvania, ...Corbett calls fiscal plan 'lean and demanding'Pittsburgh Post GazetteText of Governor...  

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California's declineVentura County StarCalifornia doesn't have money to fix our roads, keep our parks open, pay our teachers, etc., but it has money to give illegal immigrants state grants for college education, putting American citizens in second place to receive the same grants. Now, Gov.and more »  

IGNNQuinn outlines plan to build, grow Illinois economyLaSalle News TribuneQuinn's many-pronged approach ranged from increasing funding for early childhood education and grants for college students to reforming public pensions and Medicaid to increasing tax cuts and eliminating a tax on natural gas usage.Quinn calls for cutting natural gas tax, boosting education spending in State ...Chicago Tribuneall 658 news articles »  

theGRIO REPORT - The government continues to make even harder for anyone to earn a college education these days. And of course, the population that will be most impacted is African-Americans...