EAB

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Blogs Your student loan payments are due: 3 strategies to support community college students’ financial wellness When I think back to my time in college, student loans were something that nearly everyone had, but not something any of us fully understood.

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The College Pod

MAY 4, 2024

Understanding key terms like "cost of attendance" will allow you to understand how colleges award financial aid. As a result, you might be able to better position yourself to get more financial aid. To be sure, most families do not pay the full COA listed on a college’s website. What is cost of attendance?

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The College Pod

JUNE 21, 2025

Here are 5 key conversations to start having now as you’re talking to your child about paying for college: 1. Have a candid discussion as a family about what you can realistically afford without assuming that student loans (or Parent PLUS loans) will magically cover the gap. How Much Can We Really Afford?

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CFAA College Financial Aid Advisors

JULY 21, 2024

It’s another great way to reduce costs (especially if you go through a community college) and knock out some GenEds! #5: 5: Plan for College Expenses For high school students entering college soon, summer is a crucial time to prepare financially.

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Community College Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Learn how you can find financial aid and support in spite of troubled economic times.

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College Planners of America

JUNE 3, 2023

Applicants Should Always Submit a FAFSA The Free Application for Federal Student Aid ( FAFSA ) is a form completed by prospective and current college students to determine their eligibility for Federal, state, and private financial aid in the form of loans, scholarships, grants, and work-study programs.

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IEFA

AUGUST 6, 2022

A scholarship is an award of financial aid for a student to further their education. Scholarships are often made possible by donors who wish to support students in achieving their educational goals, including to study abroad. Scholarships and grants are both types of financial aid that can help you pay for college.

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Student Loan Hero

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Scholarship awards and financial aid can help ease the financial burden of attending college. For students who identify as Hispanic or Latino, there are many scholarships worth exploring. They are a great way to help cover financial gaps when needed. See our private student loan guide for more information.

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Student Loan Hero

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Even a small award can reduce the amount you might need to borrow in student loans. It features a free, frequently-updated database, allowing you to access a range of financial support for your higher education, whether it’s a four-year university, a community college, or a trade school. CareerOneStop.

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Student Loan Hero

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Coca-Cola also has two other scholarship programs for students attending community college, issued in partnership with the Phi Theta Kappa honors society. CVS Health partnered with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) to offer the CVS Health Scholarship. It provides up to $100,000 in scholarship awards per student.

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EAB

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Financial This grouping refers to how students pay for college and its associated cost. As might be expected, these conversations centered on longstanding concerns around tuition and financial aid, but often expanded into conversations around supporting the holistic needs of students, especially working students.

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Believe in Students

OCTOBER 31, 2023

I paid for college at my dream school (a small liberal arts college) through student loans, financial aid grants, a tiny amount from family, work-study jobs, and a scholarship or two, desperately patched together to make everything add up so I could afford to keep going to school year after year.

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EAB

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Financial This grouping refers to how students pay for college and its associated cost. As might be expected, these conversations centered on longstanding concerns around tuition and financial aid, but often expanded into conversations around supporting the holistic needs of students, especially working students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Efforts by the Biden administration to pass a rule on student loan forgiveness was a major story from 2023 that will again be front and center in the new year. Flores’ current research includes a financial aid experiment that practices culturally attentive dissemination practices for financial aid scholarships.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2023

The class of 2022 was much more likely to be attending school in person where they were better connected to support, to school counselors, to financial aid nights, and FAFSA completion events,” he said. The intermountain region is always super-low because there is this strong bias against taking on loans,” he said. “A

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

Dr. Sosanya Jones, associate professor in the School of Education at Howard University Such issues are expected to include the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness program, Title IX as applied to transgender students, freedom of speech on campus, critical race theory, and the expenditure of COVID-19 relief funds.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 19, 2022

BBB would have included free community college, incentives for states to perform equity audits of the higher ed funding, and a $900 increase in the Pell Grant. Student loan forgiveness is another area where high hopes were met with partial progress.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Jon Fansmith Fansmith is hopeful that Biden will discuss federal financial aid, particularly the possibility of doubling the Pell Grant. He also says he believes Biden will bring up the student loan forgiveness program, now before the U.S. Fansmith says he is curious to see whether Biden brings up free community college.

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Scholly

JUNE 9, 2022

How bad is the student loan debt crisis? trillion in outstanding student loan debt! How does it affect student loan borrowers? And what other student loan debt statistics and facts should you know in 2022? Who is borrowing the most student loans to pay for college.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 24, 2025

In a significant policy shift affecting higher education in Virginia, the state's 23 community colleges must now ensure all programs and practices comply with new federal regulations that effectively terminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives across these institutions.

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