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Navigating Financial Aid Letters: Making Sense of College Offers

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It includes grants and scholarships. She joined the Georgia Tech Office of Undergraduate Admission in 2013 as the Institutes first Regional Director of Admission. These part time jobs allow students to earn money to help pay for educational expenses. If you qualify for work study, the amount will appear on your letter.

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Top 7 Tips on How to Be Successful in College

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According to The New York Times, Americans with four-year college degrees earned, on average, 98% more per hour in 2013 than those without a degree. Start by researching scholarships, grants, and work-study programs. Frequently Asked Questions 1. Is college worth it?

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Reimagining the Liberal Arts and Humanities

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A national grant program aims to reposition the liberal arts and humanities as central to the general education curriculum. But by 2013, that percentage had more than doubled. As of last August, 60 colleges and universities had created similar efforts on their campuses with support from the grant program.

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Formerly Incarcerated Man Earns Degree After Decades-Long Fight for Education Behind Bars

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Davis-Brantley explained the origins of the program to BestColleges: This all grew out of a psychoeducational program called ESUBA we brought into the prison in 2013 that taught individuals how to reverse the effects of abuse. Minca Davis-Brantley and Samantha Carlo, both professors at Miami Dade College.

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California’s Revised Budget Plan Slashes Financial Aid Funding

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The state budget, finalized in June, includes $510 million in cuts to the Middle Class Scholarship and excludes funding for changes to Cal Grant, California's financial aid program. The budget also leaves off investments to Cal Grant.

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Morehouse Receives $1.6M to Expand Prison Education Program

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Department of Education granted incarcerated students access to the Pell Grant for the first time since 1994. California State University, Dominguez Hills offers two-year master's degree programs for incarcerated students, and Miami Dade College has served over 900 incarcerated students since it began in 2013.

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Creating a data-informed campus: part 2

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5,100 reasons to invest in your grant data. Download this data strategy diagnostic to assess your institution's performance on 10 key elements of data culture and practice. take the diagnostic. Sources (numbered throughout). Eight realities learning professionals need to know about analytics. T+D, 66 (8), 54-58. Norris, D. M., & Baer, L.