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The Weirdest & Wackiest Scholarships You’ve Never Heard Of

The Klingon Language Institute’s (KLI) Kor Memorial Scholarship Although fluency in the fictional Klingon language is not required for this scholarship being a fan of Star Trek can’t hurt. Each year $500 is awarded to an undergraduate or graduate student Read More...

Are You Utilizing All of the Student Funding Resources Available?

When most students think of financial aid, they think of federal loans that are available through the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid). While federal loans are certainly the most common choice among students, many times those loans don't Read More...

Follow up on Recent College Financial Aid Announcements: “Wealthy Colleges' Largess Draws Rebuke”

This article, appearing in the Washington Post , details the reaction of some higher education administrators to Harvard’s recent expansion of its financial aid offerings. While schools with vast amounts of resources will more than likely follow suit Read More...

Harvard’s New Financial Aid Plan: What Will It Mean Outside of Cambridge?

Last month, Harvard announced an overhaul of financial aid policies designed to make the school more affordable for families across the income spectrum. The new initiative focuses on ensuring greater affordability for middle- and upper-middle-income families Read More...

College Football Costs Per Win

As the college football season has officially come to an end, we thought we’d provide this grid from USA Today showing how much each football victory “costs” a given Division I-A (er, we mean Football Bowl Subdivision) school. The costs and value that Read More...

All Nighters: Bad for the GPA?

According to a new study, pulling all nighters is bad for your grades. This is not to say that students behind in their studies should just say forget it, but in yet another example of research proving common sense, a new study from St. Lawrence University, Read More...

Will Faculty Incentives End “Thirsty Thursdays” at U. of Iowa?

Thursday night…missing reel….Sunday afternoon. Does this sound like your typical college weekend? For many students, it does and obviously, overindulgence over the weekend has been a concern of many campus communities for some time. However, in recent Read More...

Beware of Blanket Statements on Student Lenders from Presidential Campaigns

Student lending companies have become a popular target for some on the presidential campaign trail this year. A couple of candidates have even gone as far as to say that they would like to get rid of the student loan companies altogether. Not surprisingly, Read More...