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Does Applying for Financial Aid Lower Your College Acceptance Odds?

Great College Advice

Let’s also say that the cost of attendance is $60,000, including tuition, fees, room, board, insurance, travel, books, and a bit of spending money. An example can clarify: Let’s say that according to the FAFSA , you have a Student Aid Index (SAI) of $20,000–meaning that your family should pay no more than $20,000 for college.

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Community College Teams Up with For-Profit for Medical Assistant Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

They do everything from handling patient records and insurance forms to obtaining vital signs, drawing blood, and administering electrocardiograms. Using traditional sources of financial aid and TFJSA funds, Alamo sent a special cohort of 10 students to CHCP’s program at no cost for tuition, laptop, books, and course materials.

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Charlie Baker Goes to the NCAA

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In addition, Baker touts the Injury Insurance Protection Program, which will provide student-athletes across all three divisions, with access to two years of either primary coverage or secondary coverage to treat an injury that a student-athlete suffered because of playing a sport and hasn’t been fully treated by the time they leave college.

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Climate Change, the University, and ‘The Great Displacement’

Confessions of a Community College Dean

I finished reading The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration the same day I received my copy of Bryan Alexander's new book Universities on Fire: Higher Education in the Climate Crisis. They are already here. Suppose you are among the 40% of Americans (127 million) who live in a coastal county.

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Student Perspective: The Impact of International Education

AIFS Abroad

Exploring iconic sites alongside my classmates brought the past to life in a way no book or PowerPoint presentation ever could. I had the opportunity to challenge myself and learn in a far more engaging environment, immersing myself in history where it actually happened.

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The Dark Legacy of Elite University Medical Centers

Higher Education Inquirer

In recent years, books like Medical Apartheid by Harriet Washington have illuminated the history of medical abuse, but they also serve as a reminder that inequality in healthcare goes far beyond race and touches upon the economic and social circumstances of individuals.

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Does Applying for Financial Aid Hurt My College Admissions Chances?

Great College Advice

Let’s also say that the college costs $60,000 to attend–including tuition, fees, room, board, insurance, travel, books, and a bit of spending money. So you would expect, since you have demonstrated financial need, that you would be given enough financial aid from a college to reduce your bill to no more than $20,000.