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Grants: The most common is the Pell Grant. You don’t have to pay these back and they are normally awarded by the government.

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  • Economy Spurs More Options for Paying Off Student Loans

    Nov 20, 2009 | 06:45 PM

    Many institutions and loan providers are helping students by developing new models for financial assistance. One financial firm has created a loan that allows colleges to share the risk of default with their students, lowering the amount that students have to pay back. Other loan providers have begun to offer payment plans that are based on income.

  • Online MBAs Are Among Ranked Programs

    Nov 20, 2009 | 06:57 PM

    The MBA is a great degree for those wanting to attain careers in upper management. Luckily online MBA programs made for the busy individual have increased in both quantity and quality. A recent list published by the Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine even ranked Drexel University among its top programs in the U.S. The institution’s offerings include 2 online MBAs.

  • Improvements to Online Education Is Discussed at Conferences

    Nov 20, 2009 | 07:23 PM

    As the popularity of online degree programs grows, many companies and colleges are coming together to improve the quality of online courses and degree programs. In October, the Lumina Foundation for Education and the Sloan Consortium both held meetings. These conferences also foster the communication between online learning professionals.

  • New Grants Created to Help Meet the Needs of Students

    Nov 22, 2009 | 10:04 AM

    Companies and lawmakers are both working to offer students more resources to help them pay for school. One example is Citi who recently made a promise to give grants to organizations that help Native Americans in South Dakota get their education. The state of Illinois has also voted to continue their MAP program, which provides funds to colleges to be used for need-based aid for students.

  • Wisconsin students get financial assistance

    Nov 22, 2009 | 10:05 AM

    State governor Jim Doyle announced last week that as many as 6,000 students from low-income families who are set to graduate high school in 2011 will be eligible for $1,500 college grants, the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel reports. The grants are under the Wisconsin Covenant and to be eligible students must show they come from a home experiencing "significant financial hardship."

  • Hundreds of Thousands of Veterans Take Advantage of New GI Bill

    Nov 22, 2009 | 10:05 AM

    300,000 veterans have applied for tuition assistance under the new Post 9/11 GI Bill. The GI Bill program provides higher education benefits for any veteran who served 90 days or more on or after September 11, 2001. Many online colleges are also offering special tuition discounts for military students and other programs to help service-members adjust to academic life.

  • New collaboration to award environmental science scholarships

    Nov 22, 2009 | 10:06 AM

    ServiceMaster and the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) have teamed up to award two $10,000 scholarships. The CBCF will give out its first annual ServiceMaster Environmental Studies Scholarships to two African American students next fall. Seniors enrolled in a college degree program in environmental science, or a related field, are eligible.

  • More employers seeing online degree programs as credible

    Nov 22, 2009 | 10:06 AM

    The exponential growth of online education and progressive efforts to ensure that students are receiving quality training have made employers increasingly willing to accept graduates of online degree programs. For example, a July 2009 survey from the Society for Human Resource Management revealed 76 percent of participants currently view online university degrees more favorably than they did five years ago.

  • Online school investor to give out scholarships

    Nov 22, 2009 | 10:06 AM

    Dr. Michael Clifford, who owns a post-secondary education improvement company called SignificantFederation, has announced that he will give out more than $1 million in scholarships to students wishing to enroll in online degree programs. Eligible students will receive $1,000 scholarships and the program will also award $2,000, $5,000 and full tuition scholarships to exceptional students.


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