Schools to offer better financial aid to low-income students

University Wire;  March 2, 2004 ;   Howie Nuer;   787 words ......modifying their financial aid policies to...initiative to ensure financial aid students may...implement a new financial aid policy which...receive more financial aid. This year...the national income distribution and, of those...portion of low-income ...

Owens financial aid director elected president of OASFAA

Toledo Business Journal;  October 1, 2001 ;   Anonymous;   249 words ...Brian Paskvan, financial aid director at Owens Community College...the Ohio Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (OASFAA). He will...nearly 650 members in Ohio including financial aid professionals and student loan...

Financial aid woes continue to plague U. Mississippi students

University Wire;  September 4, 2002 ;   Kristen Gent;   431 words ......Mississippi, has gone to the office of financial aid twice trying to get for aid money...Like many students still waiting for financial aid, the wait is causing problems for Allen...like) anybody else who is waiting for financial aid, Allen said. When the money isn't there...

Inquiries cast pall over student loan officials' fete; Minnesota's college...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  May 4, 2007 ;   McGuire, Kara;   700 words ......booth at the Minnesota Association of Financial Aid Administrators conference. College financial aid officers guess how many dollars are...guess wins the money. But with the financial aid industry under fire, Endersbe, a college...

Financial aid tops Bowdoin College campaign goals

University Wire;  December 29, 2004 ;   Adam Baber;   682 words ......Maine -- An expansion of the financial aid endowment tops the list of priorities...administrators say will help keep financial aid funding secure for the next five to ten years. The current financial aid endowment stands at $165 million...

Apply for financial aid as early as possible

Sunday Gazette-Mail;  February 15, 2004 ;   Howard and Matthew Greene;   544 words ......student, who needs or may need financial aid to help pay for college? Then you should be applying for financial aid right now for next fall, if you...belief that those who might need financial aid should apply for it. This will...

Stanford financial aid applications increase

University Wire;  April 16, 2003 ;   Michael Miller;   317 words ......Stanford Daily) (U-WIRE) STANFORD, Calif. -- As the financial aid deadline for returning students passed Tuesday, Stanford University's Financial Aid Office noted an increase in financial aid applications, citing the depressed economy as a...

Harvard financial aid change may affect Penn

University Wire;  September 23, 1998 ;   Ginny Dorsey;   787 words ......elite-school race to increase student financial aid has drawn positive but cautious reaction...When it comes to offering competitive financial aid packages to students, Harvard upped...school announced it will increase financial aid by an unprecedented 20 percent and...

'Financial Aid Felons' Rob Deserving Students

University Wire;  August 28, 1998 ;   Kelly Zeigler;   697 words ......disadvantage. I'm talking about financial aid felons, those students and...adjust and cheat on their financial aid applications. Newsweek reported...So-called college counselors or financial aid advisers (not employed by schools...

Tips for staying ahead of the financial aid game. (Originated from...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  March 3, 1994 ;     506 words ...Applying for financial aid can be frustrating and tedious. The...some tips for staying ahead of the financial aid game: _Apply now and decide later. Every student is eligible for some financial aid, no matter what the parents' income...

An empirical examination of the impact of college financial aid on family...

National Tax Journal;  June 1, 2004 ;   Monks, James;   787 words ......are often eligible for and receive financial aid from federal and institutional sources...mechanism for determining eligibility for financial aid dollars and the amount of award one...to which a student is applying for financial aid. Financial aid directors at the ...

ROAD TO FINANCIAL AID IS LITTERED WITH SCAM ARTISTS

The Boston Globe;  April 25, 2004 ;   Peter DeMarco, Globe Correspondent;   751 words ......at plush locales, so-called financial aid consultants try to persuade...spend hundreds for advice on financial aid, loans, and scholarships. They...Things always get lost in the financial aid department." "Don't lose the...

COLUMN: Financial aid is for tuition, not addiction

University Wire;  October 30, 2001 ;   Simon Perng;   787 words ......leftists and socialists sniped at the new financial aid ineligibility rules, defiantly defending...Higher Education Act of 1998 would deny financial aid eligibility to those that have been...responses. But just two weeks ago the UCLA Financial Aid Office proudly announced that it ...

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA OFFICE OF STUDENT FINANCIAL AID PRODUCING 'OSFA ON...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 26, 2006 ;     387 words ......planning guidance and to inform students about financial aid policies, procedures and approaching deadlines...to use podcasts as a means of delivering financial aid education. Financial aid administrators often find it difficult to...

LEARNING & EDUCATION Mastering the maze of financial aid; Diligence pays...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  January 16, 2005 ;   DAN GOYETTE;   670 words ...Mastering the maze of financial aid Diligence pays off when trying...way. After working in student financial aid for the last 34 years, I have...often confusing maze that is the financial aid application process. First, do...