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Rodriguez, Rosana; McCollum, Pam; Diaz-Sanchez, Micaela; Romero, Anna Alicia; Montemayor, Aurelio – 2002
This guide provides a family approach to college planning, with the goal of helping Latino students gain college entrance. Part 1 provides basic information about college, including information about how early parents should begin talking with their children about college, how parents can help their children plan for college, ensuring that…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, College Preparation
Download full textAmerican Council on Education, Washington, DC. HEATH Resource Center. – 2000
This resource paper provides an overview of student financial aid and discusses the roles and responsibilities of those who play a significant part in the process of providing aid to students with disabilities. The paper also addresses the financial aid application procedure and suggests timelines and resources for those individuals who are…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Federal Programs, Financial Aid Applicants, Financial Support
Office of Student Financial Assistance (ED), Washington, DC. – 1996
This introductory guide discusses federal student aid programs for postsecondary education and how to apply for them. Sources for finding out about student aid, such as schools, state higher education agencies, guidance counselors, and organizations connected with particular fields of interest, are given using a question and answer format. This is…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Grants
Law School Admissions Council, Newtown, PA. – 1992
This is a guide for minority group members who are considering entering law school and offers suggestions for success in the application process, in law school itself, and in choosing a career path. The first chapters guide the reader in self-assessment. Chapter 1 poses challenging questions about reasons for considering law school and chances for…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Admission (School), Career Choice, Career Guidance
Department of Education, Washington, DC. Student Financial Assistance. – 2000
This CD-ROM contains a simulated conversation between a counselor at the Department of Education's Federal Student Aid Information Center and a student inquiring about financial assistance. Following an introductory track providing contents information, each track contains a section answering a different question about federal student loans. The…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Educational Finance, Eligibility, Federal Aid
Oregon State Scholarship Commission, Eugene. – 1995
This publication is intended as a reference tool for secondary school counselors to help prospective postsecondary students with their financial aid application process. A section on student financial aid discusses how to apply for aid, when to apply, and how the process proceeds. This section covers the federal government application form, Free…
Descriptors: Awards, College Applicants, College Bound Students, Federal Programs
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, Boulder, CO. – 1995
This report provides trustees, higher education administrators, and state policymakers in the Western states with data on the many factors affecting student costs, from the changing demographics of the region to trends in state appropriations and state funding for financial aid. It discusses how policies in the Western Interstate Commission for…
Descriptors: College Administration, Colleges, Community Colleges, Cost Effectiveness
Higgins, Ruby D., Ed.; And Others – 1994
This guide for college-bound black students begins with essays written by black professional educators on themes identified by black college students. The essays describe students' experiences from the junior or senior year in high school through the first year in college, and include: "Making Sure You Have the 'Right Stuff'" (Kermit R.…
Descriptors: Athletes, Black Colleges, Black Students, College Bound Students
Schlachter, Gail Ann; Webber, R. David – 1998
This volume provides information on 1,100 merit scholarships and other no-need funding programs available specifically to high school seniors applying to college. Programs listed in the guide make decisions based upon student academic records, writing or artistic ability, speech-making skills, religious or ethnic background, parents'…
Descriptors: College Attendance, College Bound Students, Educational Finance, Eligibility
American Council on Education, Washington, DC. HEATH Resource Center. – 1998
This resource guide provides an overview of student financial aid for students with disabilities. It also discusses the roles and responsibilities of those who play a significant part in the process of providing aid to students with disabilities. It addresses the financial aid application procedure, explains key terminology, and suggests timelines…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Disabilities, Eligibility, Financial Aid Applicants
Gardner, Daniel, Ed.; Scott, Tanya, Ed. – 2001
This resource paper provides an overview of student financial aid and discusses the roles and responsibilities of those who play a significant part in the process of providing aid to students with disabilities. The paper also addresses the financial aid application procedure and suggests timelines and resources for those individuals who are…
Descriptors: Check Lists, College Students, Disabilities, Eligibility
Hamel, April Vahle; And Others – 1994
This guide for prospective graduate students offers information on funding graduate study in the United States and abroad through scholarships, loans, and other programs. The first chapter treats graduate degrees generally; types of financial aid, particularly institutional aid; and strategies for application success. The second chapter begins the…
Descriptors: Assistantships, Doctoral Dissertations, Eligibility, Fellowships
California Student Aid Commission, Sacramento. – 1993
This guide presents information in context with comprehensive eligibility, application, and benefit profiles of the student aid programs administered by the California Student Aid Commission. Used in conjunction with the Financial Aid for Students Workbook, this guide will help financial aid specialists provide students with updated information on…
Descriptors: Adolescents, College Applicants, Educational Finance, Eligibility
Kasworm, Carol E.; Polson, Cheryl J.; Fishback, Sarah Jane – 2002
Intended as a handbook for higher and adult education practitioners serving adult students, this book brings together a variety of information on the diverse characteristics of adult students, explaining how their maturity, complex life experiences, and heterogeneity shape institutional responses. Recruitment, admission, and retention strategies…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Adult Students, College Admission, College Environment
Krefetz, Gerald – 1995
This guide to paying for college is written for families that expect to pay most, if not all, of the costs of college out of savings, investments, gifts, inheritances, borrowed funds, or a combination. It outlines usual approaches but also indicates some unorthodox methods. Chapters cover the following topics: (1) planning for college expenses;…
Descriptors: Credit (Finance), Educational Finance, Estate Planning, Financial Needs
