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Posse Foundation Veterans Program Offers Path to Elite Colleges

The Posse Veterans Program is one of a few programs that offer structured pathways to a select group of elite colleges for veterans.

October 25, 2016

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Student Loan Debt for Graduates Up 4 Percent in 2015

When students graduated from college in 2014, those who borrowed money to pay for college owed an average of $28,950. Now the average debt is $30,100 — 4 percent higher — for those who graduated in 2015.

October 17, 2016

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Colleges, Universities Making Retention, Completion Priority

Colleges and universities are working to boost retention and completion rates after a steady decline in recent years.

October 10, 2016

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Inmates, Parolees can take Advantage of Pilot Program

TULSA, Okla. ― Hundreds of Arkansas inmates and parolees are participating in a three-year federal pilot program that lets state and federal prisoners use financial aid to pay for college. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports the program reverses a 1994 congressional ban on students in federal and state prisons from being eligible for Pell grants. Pell […]

October 9, 2016

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Colleges Lavishing More Financial Aid on Wealthy Students

STORRS, Conn. ― Spencer Mulligan knew his family could pay for his college education, even without loans or grants. So when the University of Connecticut offered a merit award of $20,000 over four years, he saw it as a bonus. As a discount on in-state tuition, it brought the cost well below half of what […]

September 27, 2016

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Arizona State Aggressively Opening Doors for First-generation Students

American Dream Academy, an Arizona State University program, works directly with high schools and parents to ensure that first-generation students are admitted to college.

September 18, 2016

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Minorities Among Financial Aid Administrators Find Volunteering Invaluable

When it comes to moving up as a minority professional in the world of student financial aid, one of the best things you can do is to volunteer for a professional association.

August 15, 2016

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Study: Public University Subsidies Don’t Favor Wealthy Students

A new paper seeks to contravene the “conventional wisdom” that states subsidies for public universities favor wealthy students, but one leading labor economist says it’s not a big deal if they don’t because poor students need more.

August 1, 2016

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New Hampshire Community Colleges Balancing Access, Affordability

New Hampshire community colleges are working to bridge workforce gaps despite some of the highest costs of tuition in the country.

July 31, 2016

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ED Cuts off Financial Aid to Three MedTech College Campuses

The U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday that it’s cutting financial aid for three MedTech College campuses due to misrepresentation about job placement rates.

July 26, 2016

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Free Community College Program Preparing to Launch in San Diego

Free community college is coming to San Diego. This fall, the first cohort of 201 students will participate in the San Diego Promise pilot program.

July 21, 2016

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Experts: Direct More Institutional Aid to Low-income Students

Colleges and universities should rethink the way they distribute institutional aid in order to matriculate more students who lack the means to pay.

July 21, 2016