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Failure to reapply for aid may bring about significant obstacles for a student’s chance at graduation

 image by flickr user guillaume lemoine, cc license Consider this scenario: a student receives a Pell Grant for his or her freshman year of college. That student proceeds to do well in school, with at least a 3.0 GPA. However, when it comes time to file the FAFSA (necessary for accessing another year of Pell Grant funds) during their freshman year, the student skips the process. Seems strange, right? That's what some researchers think, too. 
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CBO: Federal Government Projects to Profit from Student Lending

   image by flickr user jparise (cc license) Over the past year, there have been multiple accounts of how much the federal government profits from its student lending. This week, the Congressional Budget Office announced that those profits project to continue through 2024. 

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State Insurance Commissioners Recommend Renters Insurance for College Students

Nearly twice as many state insurance commissioners recommend renters insurance to college students in 2016 as did in 2013. In fact, the latest trend builds on an earlier report by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) that recommended college students consider the benefits of purchasing renters insurance. NAIC recommends that “college students renting an off-campus apartment or house while away at school should consider purchasing renters insurance to protect their personal property, such as a computer, electronics, bicycle or furniture, in the event that it is damaged, destroyed or stolen.”
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Are the Costs of Textbooks and ‘Other’ College Costs Falling?

  "arrow" by flickr user alan berning, cc license  In today's Chronicle of Higher Education, there was a substantive discussion about how costs of books and 'other' college expenses (laundry, entertainment, transportation) are reportedly falling. But who is providing the data behind this reporting? Colleges and universities.  
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Research indicates the loss of a parent affects chances of obtaining a college degree

  image by flickr user lee morley, cc license For every two years of college, 1.7% of students can expect a parent to pass away. This statistic, from Balk, Walker and Baker's "Prevalence And Severity Of College Student Bereavement Examined In A Randomly Selected Sample," shows how common parent death is among college students. In numbers alone, 1.7% of students translates to roughly 360,000 college students in the U.S. over a two-year period.  Compounding this astounding rate of loss and heartbreak is the fact that losing a parent can effect educational attainment. 
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Tips & Insights for Hacking College Admissions

This is the time of year when college families are looking for tips and insights into the college admissions process.  Over the year's we have published lists of suggestions but one of the best sources to gain some quick tips and insights to the admissions process is from the founder of Princeton Review and Tutor.com -  John Katzman.