【题文】 For top students from low-income families,the challenge of applying to colleges is particularly difficult. 1 in 4 deal with all of that—the writing,the studying,the researching and applying—completely on their own. One approach to make this whole process easier? Pair students up wi...
A new program at Laramie County Community College aims to help low- income families get ahead.The program, called "Adelante: The Center for Getting Ahead," is operated with a grant from the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services.For more information, call Sheila Martin, 432-1681, or stop ...
Among students who qualified to have their application fees waived — also a proxy for their families' income levels — the numbers are even lower. The number of fee-waiver students who applied to college using the Common App decreased by 16%. "I am extremely concerned about first-generation,...
Students living within families classified as low-income may lack access to essentials such as food, clothing, and utilities. But low-income students also face unique educational challenges, including fewer resources and opportunities and less support for advancement. On top of this, many don’t ha...
Ms. Thorpe teaches English to 12th-graders at the International High School Langley Park, where 95 percent of pupils are from low-income families. She redesigned their courses for the English department to make it culturally relevant to her pupils who are from mostly Africa, the Middle East, ...
In the United States, low and high-income young people currently have unequal access to information about higher education. Low-income prospective college students, for example, are less likely to have informational resources in their immediate families, requiring that they rely on information from ot...
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Free search sites, such as Tuition Funding Sources, can help students find this most desirable kind of assistance — money that does not have to be repaid. Some families are catching on. This year, scholarships and grants were thesingle most-used resourceto pay for an undergraduate's college...
Many college students from low-income families receive the Pell Grant, a form of federal financial aid that does not have to be repaid. Students who qualify for the Pell Grant in 2020-2021 can receive a maximum of $6,345. Biden plans to double this grant amount. ...
For instance, it might not be in the best interest of a student from a very low-income family to apply to a public university in another state. "Their tuition is two or three times what an in-state student would pay," McAnuff says. "They typically are not going ...