Home:Education / Financial Aid

If you have recently returned home after completing your tour of duty in the Armed Forces, you may be wondering what to do next.  Of course, being with your loved ones is your first heartfelt desire, but ultimately, reality will be knocking and you will need to make a decision regarding your future.

Winning a scholarship can be a big help when it comes to paying for your college courses. Often, scholarships go to students with superlative grades and SAT scores that are close to perfect. That doesn’t mean there isn’t a scholarship opportunity that suits your unique abilities and talents, however. There are plenty of scholarships, many of them a bit strange, which celebrate particular skills or traits. Winning a weird scholarship might just be your ticket to college.

Single parents who have desires of obtaining a college degree face greater financial need to that of the traditional college student with no family responsibilities.

The collapse of the real estate market hit Arizona particularly hard. Still, while the state took its share of economic damage from the land bubble bursting, it has kept its college financial aid programs going, thanks them being funded by its state lottery system, as well as assistance of private professional societies and organizations. Because of this, if you have the talent, you still will find there is scholarship money waiting for you.

Like most sciences, to truly advance in agriculture requires more than a four-year degree. Quite simply, you have to advance to at least a Master’s degree and, eventually, a PhD.

When one of the major symbols of America is the hamburger, you could say we love our beef! We also love our fish sticks, fried chicken, and hot dogs.

Can’t afford college? Don’t let that stop you from going! A college education is absolutely necessary in this day and age, for almost all careers. Unfortunately, it isn’t exactly conveniently priced.

Not every industry lost jobs and money during the recession. Higher education actually managed to add to its programs, to hire new employees.

The Florida Lottery, with all the complaints about a recession, has actually been doing fine. For the 2009-2010 year, the Lottery contributed more than $1.24 billion toward education efforts in the state.

You might not be able to hear it aloud, but writing is as much a form of communication as verbal communication is.