Esther J. Cepeda: The fear of federal college loans
CHICAGO — If you're not intimately familiar with the terrifying phrase "February is FAFSA time," you don't have college-age kids. Or you're wealthy enough to be unencumbered by the gut-wrenching process of filling out the dreaded Free Application for Federal Student Aid, the gateway to federal and state student grants, work-study and loans for college.
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College Station encourages rental upgrades
The College Station City Council approved a new program Thursday that will use federal funds to provide incentives to landlords to rehabilitate housing for low-income residents. The Rental Rehabilitation Program will set aside $50,000 in grants f ...
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Nixon proposes grants for fast-track college degrees
JEFFERSON CITY • Gov. Jay Nixon likes a fledgling program at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg so much that he wants to offer it statewide.
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Rasmussen College Offers New Grant Program to Honor Local American Heroes
BLOOMINGTON, Minn., Feb. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In honor of the service and sacrifices made by police officers, sheriff's deputies, firefighters and paramedics every day to protect the public's safety, ...
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CNSE receives federal grants for nanotechnologies
Federal funding of more than $5 million is being given to the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany for a host of nanotechnology-enabled education and research programs. View the full article HERE .
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