If you have received a financial aid letter from a college recently and it looks like your offer may come up short, is it time to get a home-equity loan?
While borrowing against your house is a source for college funding, whether to tap it should be a decision made as carefully as the college choice […]

SANTA FE State officials had predicted 25 (m) million dollars would be available in 2006-2007 for a program tailored to adult college students.
But officials now say only about two (m) million dollars will be distributed. Lawmakers appropriated 49 (m) million dollars this year for the College Affordability Act.
It’s aimed at giving grants to low-income students […]

Columbia College is putting on a Financial Aid Awareness Faire where members of the financial aid staff will be on hand to show students that they can afford to go to college.
The event takes place Tuesday, May 30th from noon to 2:00 p.m. at the college’s lakeside patio. They will be presenting various financial aid […]

Blinn College was selected as one of 40 two- and four-year colleges and universities nationwide to receive the 2006 HP Technology for Teaching grant, which is designed to transform and improve learning in the classroom through innovative uses of technology.
During the 2006-07 academic year, grant projects through this program will impact more than 4,000 students. […]

When Randa Chappin started high school, she did not see college as an option. The burden of paying for four years of college, she thought, would be too heavy for her family.
“I didn’t want to go to college and come out with the same kind of debt as I would have if I took out […]

‘Are we crazy to send our son to study in India when we have the best facilities here in the US?’ asked Krishna ‘Kris’ Chandran, an NRI in Washington. He had a point. Nearly 100,000 Indians are studying for bachelors or post-graduate degrees and advanced courses in the US. But a new report from a […]

Lake Tahoe Community College will be offering two quarter-length study abroad programs in the next year - London in the fall and Paris in the spring. Both programs are eight weeks long and costs range from $4,215 to $5,800 respectively (not including airfare).
Students will study in London from Oct. 6 through Dec. 2, living with […]

The Atlantic Coast Conference International Academic Collaborative (ACC/IAC) has awarded two grants to Wake Forest University faculty and staff for international study programs.
The management committee of the ACC/IAC, made up of chief international officers at 11 ACC institutions, selected the two projects for funding from a variety of proposals submitted by ACC schools. At least […]

Uganda last year failed to fill the scholarships offered by the United Kingdom (UK) under the Chevening Scholarship scheme.
The scheme is for studies in the UK leading to post-graduate qualifications. Applicants must have obtained good bachelor’s degrees and must not be older that 35 years, among other requirements.
The second secretary at the British High Commission, […]

In a move designed to help its approved mortgage brokers enhance their professional skills and build their businesses, Argent Mortgage Company is launching a new online education program that is convenient, affordable and flexible enough to meet the needs of a busy broker.
Argent University, powered by CampusMBA, the educational arm of the Mortgage Bankers Association, […]