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10 Creative Ways to Cover Your College Costs

CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

So, here are ten creative ways to cover your students college costs: #1: Apply for Scholarships and Grants Start by researching scholarships and grants offered by various organizations, institutions, and even local businesses. Not only do they provide income, but they also offer valuable work experience.

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Department of Education Announces Steps to Make Better FAFSA® More Readily Accessible

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Department of Education (ED) announced additional steps to facilitate submitting the 2024–25 FAFSA form. Last week, ED announced $50 million in funding for personnel and resources, including technical assistance and support, deployed to support institutions, students and their families with Better FAFSA®. On Monday, the U.S.

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20 Scholarships for Latino and Hispanic Students

Student Loan Hero

José Martí Scholarship Challenge Grant Fund. José Martí Scholarship Challenge Grant Fund Focus: Florida residents. The Hispanic Heritage Foundation’s Youth Awards award a grant you can use for college or fund a community service project. Students must have already completed one full year of undergraduate study.

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Guard Against Student Aid Scams

College Planners of America

The following scams are common and criminals are continuously creating new ones: Fake listings: These scams for apartments, used books, movers, and other services, start with an ad, usually at the beginning of a semester, that offers things that students need quickly — at an attractively low price. Consolidate multiple Federal student loans.

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Report: Students Leave $3.6 Billion on the Table in Unclaimed Pell Funds

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

billion on the table last year in the form of unclaimed Pell Grant funds—around 14% of annual Pell expenditures. That unclaimed money leads directly to fewer students attending and completing college. The non-profit then multiplied this number by the average Pell Grant award of $4,686 to get the nearly $3.6 billion total.

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The Better FAFSA Release Date Pushed Back?? 

COE

The Better FAFSA Release Date Pushed Back   April 12, 2023 — by Woodrow Lewis COE is working with partner organizations to acquire knowledge to ensure that TRIO professionals receive the most up-to-date information and training on the new FAFSA experience to support our students.

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Limiting student debt relief based on income is a terrible idea and a technological disaster in the…

#RealCollege Blog

The Biden Administration is also looking at limiting this debt relief to those earning less than $125,000 per year. In practice, an income cap would require the federal government to set up a paperwork trap that could deny relief to the student loan borrowers who most urgently need the help.