FAP816: International Student Financial Aid

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Student Financial Aid News
+ Corn hits record prices, tomatoes, all food in general, average gas prices above $4
+ Consider strongly your college’s meal plans as a way to hedge against rising food costs
+ Inside Higher Ed: Sallie Mae, (ticker: SLM) falsely rumored just weeks ago to be on the verge of leaving federal loan programs, issued a statement Tuesday saying that it would be able to provide federal loans to all eligible students at every eligible college and university. The announcement comes at a time that the moves by some lenders away from the loan program have prompted fears of a loan shortfall.
+ The Student Loan Network as well
+ Chronicle: In large swaths of rural America, where a journey of 50 to 100 miles to reach a destination is the norm, some community-college officials say students are being forced to make tough decisions about what they can afford, given the added expense of fuel. Some are dropping out. Others are turning to online classes for relief from the pump.
+ “Food and shelter—that’s what we’re hearing from the students who are withdrawing,” said Paul Kraft, director of student services at the University of New Mexico at Gallup, a two-year institution in the high desert of western New Mexico, about 20 miles from the Arizona border. Many of the campus’s students drive 30 to 60 miles each way to attend classes.
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+ See what schools your institution will allow transfer of credit from

Scholarship Update
+ The Alexia Foundation offers helps to provide the financial ability for students to improve their knowledge and skills of photojournalism and to increase their own knowledge and understanding of other cultures by providing scholarships to study photojournalism at Syracuse University in London, England.
+ The Foundation also provides cash grants to enable student photographers to have the financial ability to produce a picture story that furthers the Foundation’s goals of promoting world peace and cultural understanding.
+ Full-time undergraduate students must take the two courses for photo majors, plus two or three other liberal arts classes to be considered full-time students.
+ First Place Award: A full-tuition scholarship (about $15,300) to study photojournalism in London in the fall semester through Syracuse University Abroad; a grant of $1,000 for completing the proposed picture story. An additional $500 will be awarded to the sponsoring academic department.
+ Second Place Award: A half-tuition scholarship (about $7,650) toward tuition, fees and living expenses to study photojournalism in London this Fall through Syracuse University Abroad; a grant of $500 for completing the proposed picture story.
+ Awards of Special Recognition: Three awards of special recognition receive $1,600 toward tuition, to study photojournalism in London this Fall through Syracuse University Abroad, and cash grants of $500 for completing the proposed picture stories.
+ Deadline February 2 of each year
+ $31,250
+ Details at our free college scholarship search site

Financial Aid 101
+ Kathleen writes in: I work with advising centers affiliated to the Dept. of State (EducationUSA) in South Central Asia. It would be hugely appreciated if you could begin to include information geared to students from countries other that the US who need to find ways to fund their US education. Would that be possible? Your information is absolutely great!!
+ International student financial aid is an entirely different game
+ http://www.InternationalStudent.com
+ http://www.InternationalScholarships.com
+ http://www.InternationalStudentLoan.com
+ Bear in mind for the last resource, you’ll need a cosigner who is a citizen of the country in which the loan company resides. If you’re studying in the UK, a UK subject; in the US, a US citizen or permanent resident.

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