August 28, 2012, 12:05 AM
A controversial last-minute provision inserted last week into an education trailer bill could help the Academy of Art University in San Francisco and a handful of other sanctioned schools regain eligibility for Cal Grants next fall instead of having to wait until the following year. The...
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July 24, 2012, 12:05 AM
Nearly half of the state’s community colleges and a handful of other higher education institutions now disburse student financial aid on debit cards through contracts with Higher One, a financial firm that has garnered increasing scrutiny for charging multiple fees, aggressive marketing...
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February 27, 2012, 12:05 AM
The California Student Aid Commission last week explored at a hearing whether, at a time of limited funds for college financial aid, the state should allow Cal Grants to cover all online degree programs. The commissioners held the meeting in part because they have been seeing an...
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December 2, 2011, 12:05 AM
A task force that has been selling a sweeping package of reforms aimed at increasing student success in the California Community Colleges has removed several proposed changes from the plan in an attempt to assuage concerns about cuts to special services and negative consequences for some students....
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October 7, 2011, 12:05 AM
The explosion of online college course offerings and online financial aid transactions has created a substantial risk of fraud – and regulators should craft new rules to clamp down on theft, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Inspector General. The...
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September 9, 2011, 12:05 AM
A national report released this week by financial aid guru Mark Kantrowitz finds minority students are less likely to win private scholarships or receive merit-based institutional grants than Caucasian students – a pattern that also holds true in California. The analysis [PDF], based on...
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June 17, 2011, 12:05 AM
The federal DREAM Act failed in December, but similar legislation is gaining momentum in states, including California. Under a bill working its way through the state Legislature, some undocumented college students could get access to Cal Grants, institutional aid and fee waivers at...
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September 24, 2010, 12:20 AM
Los Angeles Community College District students who use their new ID cards to access their financial aid money might want to read the fine print. Thanks to an agreement signed in February between the college district and Connecticut-based Higher One Inc., students at all nine colleges in the...
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July 28, 2010, 12:05 AM
A new report suggests that many California college students don't receive the federal financial aid they're eligible for in part because of the red tape they encounter after submitting their applications. The survey of 13 California Community Colleges, published this week by the...
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January 2, 2010, 5:13 PM
A look at the number of financial-aid programs available to former foster youth in California might suggest that as long as these students can survive academically, the cost of college is covered. But a surprisingly low number of these students receive all the grants they’re eligible for...
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