There are many ways people pay for their student to attend college. The first course is personal funds from the student and their family. Many of us also make use of federal financial aid sources, such as Pell Grants, both unsubsidized and subsidized student loans and student employment. For most people, paying all of our […]
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It is time to apply for financial aid at American colleges and universities, and one of the first things we have to do is to un-learn several myths about the process regarding who is or isn’t eligible for aid. And I can think of no one better to lead this process than Michelle Singletary, author
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Many of us look at the price of college and wonder how we’re going to pay for it. And while community college tuition is usually lower, in a number of states their tuition has risen sharply as well. So what’s a new student to do? For a large number of students, the answer is to
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There are few people I’ve met in my life who don’t worry about the cost of college, or perhaps more accurately, the price of college. (FYI the cost of college is what colleges have to contend with, the fact that what they have to pay to provide education for your sons and daughters is so
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