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Student financial aid in the United States
Secrets to paying for college
By Kim Clark and Beth Braverman (MONEY Magazine) — You knew it was bad, but now that your child is close or getting ready to go to college, you’re starting to get a truer picture of how bad.
College Math 101: Calculating the Real Cost of Attending
By RACHEL LOUISE ENSIGN College acceptance letters are rolling in. Now the hard part-figuring out where the kids can afford to go. WSJ’s Rachel Louise Ensign shares what’s key to navigating those utility-bill-like financial aid awards on Lunch Break.
Board of Regents to vote on proposed tuition increase at next meeting
By Liz Farmer The Office of Student Financial Services must use current tuition rates to determine financial aid because the Board of Regents has yet to set a date for its 2012-2014 tuition setting meeting.
Countdown to college: Tips for narrowing the college list
By LEE BIERER McClatchy Newspapers Take a deep breath, hit the “submit” button and then exhale. Thousands of students are doing this every day. But, at the same time they are wondering if they really need to be applying to as many colleges as they had originally planned. September and October produce long lists of … Continue reading
Are Online College Cost Calculators Flunking the Math?
By Laura Rowley College Finance Oct. 29 is the federal deadline for U.S. colleges to put “net price calculators” on their websites. These tools are supposed to estimate the actual cost of tuition and room and board for a specific student, based on family finances and the school’s aid budget. But the most widely adopted … Continue reading
Money for minorities
By Ryan Utter There’s a belief that minorities receive more scholarships and grants than other students. This belief may also be the reason many students are inhibited from applying for scholarships because they aren’t some unique mixture of unheard ethnicities.
Cuts to Student Loans and Financial Aid: What Students Can Expect in the Future
Posted by Shannon Rasberry It’s getting harder to pay for college. Not only is the economy in bad shape and unemployment high, but now previously reliable sources of federal financial aid, including federal student loans and federal grants, are being cut or altered as part of ongoing budget negotiations in Washington. And more changes are … Continue reading
Calculating Costs and Benefits
Written by Libby A. Nelson New federal requirements have lately been likely to draw groans and complaints from college and university officials who feel deluged by ever-changing rules and regulations. But one change taking effect later this year has found many colleges ready, even eager, to comply. The requirement that colleges display “net price … Continue reading
Fate of Texas Student Loans to be Determined by Voters on Nov. 8
Originally Posted by Shannon Rasberry on Sep 1, 2011 in Student Loan Legislation The future of a state program for student loans in Texas will be decided by voters during the state’s upcoming constitutional amendment election. Funding for the Hinson-Hazlewood College Student Loan Program is one of 10 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution that will … Continue reading
Parents Become More Self Reliant in Paying for High Costs of College, Says College Savings Foundation’s 2011 State of College Savings Survey
By College Savings Foundation WASHINGTON, Aug. 15, 2011 — /PRNewswire/ — Parents of college bound children are resigning themselves to the reality that the buck stops at their doorstep in funding the ever rising cost of college in an uncertain economic climate. A national survey of parents from across the country and income levels finds … Continue reading
Making College Possible Pays off Down the Road. By Liz Skinner
By Liz Skinner Financial advisers who go beyond what is typical in terms of helping with college planning are finding that clients reward them later with assets. Certainly, many advisers help clients figure out how to pay for higher education for their children or grandchildren, using standard tools such as Section 529 college savings plans, … Continue reading
Cuts in College Grants To Hurt Poor Students, Official Says. By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz
By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz Higher Education Commissioner Raymund Paredes is warning that the Legislature’s reduction in funding for the state’s main financial aid program could threaten its viability as an incentive for low-income students to attend college. Lawmakers cut the Texas Grant program by about 9 percent for the next two years despite surging enrollment. … Continue reading
Cal Grant, College Cuts Squeeze Students
By Beau Yarbrough Gavin Santos is not the sort of student anyone would expect would have trouble getting through college. A 2009 Hesperia High School graduate, Santos was a star running back for the Scorpions, president of the ASB, a National Honor Society member and an A student. After graduation, he headed to California State … Continue reading
Borrow Reluctantly – Payment Burdon Shifts to Parents, Students
By Lisa Lambert, Reuters (Reuters) – When Emi Young decided to attend Pomona College in California a few years ago, she broke with a tradition as closely associated with U.S. universities as fraternity parties and cramming for final exams. Young did not take out one dime of student loans. Moreover, she preferred Pomona to other … Continue reading
Student Loans and the Deficit: Government is Making a Lot of Money on Students and Parents
For much of the last decade, the federal student loan programs served as a piggy bank as Congress looked for money to cut or redistribute for other purposes. The “profits” from lending existed mainly because the revenues produced (as borrowers with high interest rates repaid their loans) significantly exceeded what it cost the banks and … Continue reading
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Times of Florida
- Rick Scott, Florida Governor, Cuts College Funding, Vetoes Unlimited Tuition Hike Bill
- La Raza Launches Campaign to Register Hispanic Voters
- Next Generation: What Does the Future Hold for Hispanic College Graduates?
- Luidia finds that tight budgets change, don’t eliminate tech implementations
- Romney’s Attack on Latinos Sends the Right Off a Cliff
- In our schools: Keys to helping non-native speakers learn
- Florida GOP moving forward with several bills to increase state funding for charter schools
- Jeb Bush foundation helps shape Florida education policy
- Latino swing voters and higher ed
- Florida Set for New Cut in Spending on Colleges – Tuition Increase
Americans For Prosperity – Texas
- Blogger provides fresh perspective of UT President Powers’ astroturf campaign to keep his job
- Texas primary ballot initiatives - non-binding polls
- Harmony Schools on CBS 60 Minutes - Turkish English teachers are needed
- School Board members censure fellow member - for dissent
- TPPF's Tom Lindsay and Maverick Owner Mark Cuban provide insight which could rock UT's ivory tower
- UT Regents Commended for Standing Up to Powers
- Texas to FWS: Leave Texas -- and the Lizard -- Alone
- San Antonio pushing almost $.5 Billion bond initiative
- AFP is the messenger of news Obama doesn't want out
- Local Governments Racking up Debt: House Ways & Means Committee Hearing - Testimony by Peggy Venable
Univision Austin
- Lo Más Hot de Texas
- Las cuatro más bellas en bikini
- Jennifer López no usa sostén
- Las bodas más caras de la historia
- Importante cierre de autopista en Houston este fin de semana
- "Tiempo de Danzón" en Dallas
- Acudió a Walmart por cambio de aceite y salió con símbolos satánicos en su auto
- Permiten cazar con silenciador en Texas
Times of Florida
- Rick Scott, Florida Governor, Cuts College Funding, Vetoes Unlimited Tuition Hike Bill
- La Raza Launches Campaign to Register Hispanic Voters
- Next Generation: What Does the Future Hold for Hispanic College Graduates?
- Luidia finds that tight budgets change, don’t eliminate tech implementations
- Romney’s Attack on Latinos Sends the Right Off a Cliff
- In our schools: Keys to helping non-native speakers learn
- Florida GOP moving forward with several bills to increase state funding for charter schools
- Jeb Bush foundation helps shape Florida education policy
- Latino swing voters and higher ed
- Florida Set for New Cut in Spending on Colleges – Tuition Increase
AgendaWise Reports
- Speaker Struas stragglers marked
- Murphy Turner connected to shadow PACs
- Trina Lanza on her priorities for the 83rd Legislature
- Diane Patrick on her priorities for the 83rd Legislature
- Straus the weak
- Diane Patrick on her vote for speaker
- Trina Lanza on her vote for speaker
- Vicki Truitt’s Trouble
- Mark Shelton on the expansion of gambling
- Mark Shelton on his priorities for the 83rd Legislature
Texas Insider
- Grass-Roots Politics: GOP-USA’s Bobby Eberle Talks GOP Politics
- Texas Unemployment Rate Down to 6.9%
- Boehner to Obama on Deficit War: ‘This Is a Line in the Sand’
- Catholic University Students Casualties Of ObamaCare
- Myth Busted: Vaccinations Are Not Immunizations
- Romney to Inch Closer to Clinching Party Nod
- Catholic Student’s Losing Coverage due to ObamaCare Mandates
- Home Loans for Veterans in Texas
- Administration Approves Nomination of Houston Police Officer as U.S. Marshall for the Southern District of Texas
- How the Gay-Marriage Mob Slimed Manny Pacquiao
Freedomworks.org Texas
- Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey endorses Matt Beebe for State Representative in Texas House District 121
- FreedomWorks Grassroots Training in Round Rock, Tx on Feb. 18th
- FreedomWorks Grassroots Events in Texas - January 2012
- FreedomWorks grassroots training in Shreveport, Louisiana on Oct. 8th!
- Another One Bites the (Fracking) Dust
- In the Shadow of the Senate: A New Tax Emerges
- Join FreedomWorks and local Houston-area groups for grassroots training on July 16th
- Texas to TSA: "Come and Take It."
- Join FreedomWorks and Houston Tea Party on July 16th!
- The Light Bulb Resistance Movement
Freedomworks.org Florida
- CPAC Florida Recap
- Champions of Freedom Rout Competition in Florida
- Champions of Freedom Rout Competition in Florida
- FreedomWorks Kicks Off 'Give Us Liberty' Tour in Florida this week!
- What Do Rep. Allen Boyd's (D-FL) Constituents Think About Health Care Vote?
- Florida State Legislature is Back, and So Is the Need for Insurance Reform
- Florida State Legislature is Back, and So Is the Need for Insurance Reform
- Woman's year-ago protest launched tea party movement in Florida
STEM
- STEM Ed Update: Sign-on Letter on Federal Budget, Upcoming Events, NEW STEM Reports
- Coalition Issues Core Policy Principles for 2012
- Coalition Testifies to House Approps on NSF’s Education Programs
- Quotes on STEM Education from the 2/28 House Markup of ESEA Legislation
- The White House Invites You to Join on a Budget Call to Discuss STEM Education
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