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For many students community colleges serve as a means to an end, provided the lions share of your classes transfer without issue of course. Community colleges really are a terrific, cost effective way to pay for the first two years of higher education before moving on to a more expensive four year institution. The only [...]img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Admissions/~4/jFX6JvzDQxY” height=”1″ width=”1″/

One resource that tends to get overlooked on college campuses is the counseling center. Counseling centers are a great resource for students. They’re a place where you can go and discuss your interests and job possibilities with an adviser with no pressure from your peers or parents. Career centers also allow you to take career [...]

Institutional aid is something all students should consider when deciding on a school. Many schools provide need-based and non need-based aid to their students. This type of aid is usually referred to as institutional aid and varies by school. The importance of institutional aid has increased in recent years as educational costs have increased.
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New York TimesAugust 9, 2009
If you are looking for a sign of how strapped the University of California, Los Angeles, is for cash, consider that its arts and architecture school may resort to holding a bake sale to raise money. California’s severe financial crisis has left its higher-education system — which serves nearly a fifth [...]

With the fall semester approaching at warp speed it’s now officially scramble time for those looking to tie up loose financial ends.
At this point you should have already completed your FAFSA and received your awards letter from the school outlining your financial aid options, which may include the following;

Pell Grant
Scholarship (Institution or Private)
Federal Work-Study
Federal Perkins [...]

Many students who could not afford college out of high school elected to join the military as I did. And one of the most alluring benefits of joining, at least for me, was the tuition relief you were entitled to when you got out. Right now the military tuition assistance program is called the Yellow [...]

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics 25 percent of college graduates entering the labor market are getting jobs previously held by people without degrees. There are millions of job-seekers with degrees who can not find jobs requiring their degree types.
It’s not uncommon to find someone with an MBA in education teaching first grade, or [...]

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We have a questionnaire for you to complete with basic questions about your school. And as a reward for all that clicking we’re going to give you 50 scholarship points and $5 bucks. Typical questions you will find is how did [...]