Parents and students alike are increasingly concerned about the rising cost of a University education and the burden of post-graduation debt. This title is aimed at those who need to know all the options when planning the funding of a university course. It guides readers through the financial jungle to identify the sources of available funding.
A guide to funding continued education, which aims to help adults find the means to go back to school despite the pressures of work, family, and a mortgage. It provides information on distance learning and part-time classes along with financial aid, loan, and scholarship opportunities. It includes twenty first-hand anecdotes.
Shows how to make schools interesting and fulfilling places to be. This book tackles how to bring about marked improvements in the daily lives and experiences of teachers, heads and pupils, with the premise being that teachers and heads themselves should ultimately make this happen.
Offers innovative and thoughtful schemes that raise money for your cause without compromising the physical activity, health and ecological messages adopted by individual schools and organizations. This title includes ideas that range from ink cartridge recycling to dance competitions.
Now in an updated 2nd edition, this reader-friendly book offers clear, straightforward advice on all aspects of the NIH grant proposal process, from the most basic questions on form and style to the task of seeking funding, backed up with excellent examples.
Suitable for college-bound graduates and their families - or college students looking for ways to ease their financial burdens, this handbook for getting the most financial aid available offers guidance to completing the often arduous and lengthy application process. It also offers advice for avoiding the most common mistakes.
Completely revised with updated descriptions, contact information, websites, and available monies, this guide to financing higher education is a resource that students need to fund their pursuit of knowledge. It helps students find extra money when more traditional routes are exhausted, and provides tips that are designed for students of all ages.
A guide to financing higher education. It includes topics such as finding and winning scholarships, requesting a reassessment from colleges for more financial aid, taking advantage of educational tax breaks, and benefiting from government-subsidized student loans. It is suitable for students of various ages and levels and their parents.
Breaks-down the process of conducting research in high school and college, whether independently or through a research institution. This work covers topics such as: finding a lab, publishing results, and getting into a choice college using research experience. It also offers a list of research scholarships, internships, and competitions.
Presents the status and historical trends of college costs, with an emphasis on the prices undergraduate students are ultimately charged at the varying types of institutions of higher education and how they pay for post-secondary education using student financial aid.
A post-secondary education is one of the most important things one can have in society. It is critical for students to have a handle on their finances, have a plan to eliminate these fears, and embark on a life of financial freedom. This work shows them how to do this.
A directory with more than 700 listings featuring awards indexed by career goal, major, academics, public service, talent, athletics, religion, ethnicity, and more. With scholarships for high school, college, and graduate, it includes tips on how to conduct effective search, how to write a winning application, and how to avoid scams.
Title IV of the Higher Education Act (HEA) authorises the major federal student aid programs, including the student loan programs, which are the largest source of aid for students. This book examines important issues related to the cornerstone of American higher education.
A guide to loans, bursaries, grants, tuition fees and preparing your own budget. It helps you find out exactly how much university will cost you and how you can fund your studies. It also makes you understand how tuition fees differ within England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
In this book, the author tackles a perennial issue in education policy, namely the inter-relationship of markets and equity. His discussion synthesises research findings - his own in the context of others - examining the triangle between theory, policy, and practice. This is useful for library collections and individual academics and researchers.
Aimed at headteachers, senior managers and governors, this book walks you through planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating your fundraising strategy. It highlights the need for a fundraising co-ordinator, identifies whole-school issues and explores the link with school development planning.
A guide to the management of financial resources in institutions of higher education. Following a review of the impact of a changing external environment, this work outlines an approach to the allocation of resources, namely: understanding sources of income, application of strategic considerations, and distribution to departments and faculties.
Addresses how to get recruited by top colleges and universities and how to excel academically in high school and college to ensure a successful career as a student-athlete. This guidebook offers information, tips for understanding the complicated NCAA recruiting rules, and information on what colleges really want from athletes in their programs.
The District of Columbia School Choice Incentive Act of 2003, passed by Congress in January 2004, established the federally funded, private school voucher program in the US. This book describes the impacts of the Program at least four years after families who applied and were given the option to move from a public school to a private school.
Teaches everything you need to know about student loans, including grace periods, deferment, forbearance, interest rates, co-signors, exit counselling, prepayment, discharges, cancellation, and default. This book helps you to create a repayment schedule; understand the various repayment options, such as graduated repayment, and level repayment.