Scholarships
Federal School Loans Available for Returning Adults Too
This week’s U.S. News and World Report has an excellent section on financing education during this endless recession. One of the issues they address is the availability of student loans to adults who have seen one career sink beneath the waves and want to educate themselves for another business, another profession, another set of [...]
Out of Work Alumna Sues Alma Mater for Tuition and Damages
A college education is supposed to be the gateway to a better career. So, if that new career doesn’t happen immediately out of the gate, can you hold that college responsible for failing in its duties? One former student is determined to find out: Trina Thompson, alumna of Monroe College in New York, is suing [...]
Tuition Assistance now Available for all Military Spouses
For some time the Department of Defense has had a pilot program in operation that provides up to $6,000 in educational funding support for the spouses of military personnel on active duty. The program is called the Military Spouse Career Advancement Account – or if you chose to utilize the DoD acronym, the MyCAA. [...]
Feds Working toward Student Loan Relief
As of July 1st 2009 students with federally guaranteed loans now have the option of a monthly payment cap based on income level. The College Cost Reduction and Access Act took effect on July 1st of this year, providing opportunities for a college loan payment cap. According to the terms of the bill any graduate [...]
Capella University Announces Matching Funds for Veterans
Capella University has announced its participation in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Yellow Ribbon Program. This is a new educational component to the existing VA support for veterans’ provided in the GI Bill. The Yellow Ribbon Program allows colleges and universities to provide matching funds for tuition costs to veterans who meet certain criteria. [...]
Matching Funds Available for New GI Bill that Opens Private Colleges to Vets
The Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act has been taking applications since May 1st, and will begin making payments to eligible applicants on August 1st of this year. The law covers costs associated with attending college for vets with at least three years of service and an honorable discharge, military online colleges also apply.
An important feature [...]
New GI Bill Extends Benefits to Private Universities
The Montgomery GI Bill has always been an invaluable resources for helping military servicemembers achieve their college goals, but in the past those benefits only went so far. Now, thanks to the new and improved GI Bill, it looks like more private colleges and universities across the country will be seeing an increase in military [...]
October Deadline for Two Scholarships
The scholarship well isn’t dry yet. With students looking for ways to fund their education, scholarships are often the only way students will be able to go to school and earn their associates or bachelors degrees. Many scholarship deadlines were in February or March of this year, but there are two scholarships that are open [...]
Scholarships Still Exist For Accounting Majors
With our country’s current economic crisis, students are finding that scholarships are more and more difficult to come by. A national accounting firm, however, recently promised a large sum of money to facilitate scholarships for students who want to earn an accounting degree at the University of Alabama.
Current and former employees of Ernst & Young [...]
Students Vie For Prizes at Le Cordon Bleu Market Basket Competition
Tis the season for scholarships! Three lucky students have just been named as the official winners of this year’s annual Le Cordon Bleu Schools North America Market Basket Competition. Along with the distinction of whipping some stiff competition, the winners were presented with scholarships to aid their future studies at the California School of Culinary [...]
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