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Merit Aid
College is expensive and getting more-so each year. On average, tuition increases 8 percent annually.
As it becomes more difficult to fund a college education, what many students and parents don't realize is that more than $11 billion in merit scholarships provided by colleges are available to incoming students. Most students become aware of these significant merit scholarship opportunities only after they are accepted.
In fact, many students may not even apply to certain colleges because they seem too expensive when in reality, with the help of merit aid, previously out-of-reach colleges may be affordable. These scholarships can even make some private colleges as affordable as state schools.
Each year, thousands of students receive an average of $5,000 in merit scholarships from colleges. Many of these awards can be renewed year after year. Merit aid can sometimes reduce the cost of attending a college by tens of thousands of dollars a year.
Understanding what merit scholarships are available from colleges should be an important factor in deciding where to apply along with the other aspects of college fit, such as available academic courses, distance from home, size of campus and social life.
Merit aid scholarships are not just for students with a 4.0 GPA. Many merit scholarships from colleges require only a 2.0 GPA - or lower - to qualify and are awarded for accomplishments in leadership and school and community involvement. College is expensive and getting more-so each year. On average, tuition increases 8 percent annually. ... more -
Parliament of Hesse (federal state of Germany) abolishes tuition fees
The federal state of Hesse has abolished the tuition fees for public Universities, which were made into law just one year ago. The conservative CDU (Christian Democratic Union) lost her absolute majority in the parliament in a very close election last year, with three left wing parties (Social Democratic Party, The Green Party and The Left) now having an absolute majority of seats. So far those partys have been unable to build a coalition, so the CDU remains in power. The federal state of Hesse has abolished the tuition fees for public Universities, which were made into law just one year ago. The con... more
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Student prostitution: Selling sex to study
"Handcuffs and condoms are replacing textbooks for a growing number of students who enter prostitution to pay for university."
According to this report, the number of students who work in the sex industry to meet their financial needs during university is on the rise, up 50 percent in the last 7 years. The rising costs of tuition continues to be a huge burden on students. Would you ever go to such lengths to pay for school? "Handcuffs and condoms are replacing textbooks for a growing number of students who enter prostitution to pay for university.... more -
Harvard to Aid Middle-class Students
"Harvard University announced on Monday that it would significantly increase the financial aid it offered to middle-class and upper-middle-class students, seeking to allay concerns that elite colleges are becoming too expensive for even relatively well-off families.
The move, to go into effect in the next school year, appears to make Harvards aid to students with household incomes from $120,000 to $180,000 the most generous of any of the countrys prestigious private universities. Harvard will generally charge such students 10 percent of their family household income per year, substantially subsidizing the annual cost of more than $45,600."
Um...why not just lower tuition? "Harvard University announced on Monday that it would significantly increase the financial aid it offered to middle-class and upp... more -
Students Rob Bank to Pay for Tuition
Except maybe for death, its impossible to find a greater fear of men than being bound for a lifetime by shackles - whether made of iron or manufactured in the mind.
Two Cincinnati, Ohio university students are facing 20 years in jail after staging two armed robberies - in order to pay their tuition fees.
Andrew Butler, a theatre student at University of Toledo and engineering student Christopher Avery from University of Cincinnati donned masks and held up bank staff in two Ohio towns at gunpoint.
They made off with more than $130,000 (£63,000) on day two of their ill-fated act of desperation, after their first attempt the day before, failed to net them any cash.
Judge Steve Martin (not the actor, I hope, :P) seemed baffled by the students motive. Prior to the robberies neither one had a criminal record.
Reports in the Cincinnati Enquirer claim Butlers scholarships and financial aid were insufficient to meet his rising tuition costs.
I sympathise with Avery and Butler. I don't condone what they did but it's easy to understand why they felt they had no other choice. Education shouldn't be for the privileged few who can afford it but sadly rising tuition fees, and limited resources for financial support seem to make it that way for many people. Except maybe for death, its impossible to find a greater fear of men than being bound for a lifetime by shackles - whether made of ir... more
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