Study: Many Students Don't Apply for Aid
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A new study says hundreds of thousands of college students who may be eligible for federal financial aid don't get it for a simple reason - they don't apply.    The study released Monday by the American Council on Education, which represents colleges and universities, says that half of the 8 million undergraduates enrolled in 1999-2000 at institutions participating in federal student aid programs did not complete the main federal aid application form...
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Students have been warned to apply early for loans to avoid having to wait weeks for payment.
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Many don&#39;t realize they are eligible; others feel application forms are too complicated to fill out. By Justin Pope / Associated Press.
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SOME COLLEGE students know how to run for their lives. Take cross-country athletes. They do not get the ink. They do not get the television time. They do not have governors, alumni, and 70,000 fans fawning all over them, telling them how critical they are to the mental health of an entire state.
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Universities are relying on foreign student to prop up key subjects like science and engineering, a report says.
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More than half of all graduates say they cannot afford to buy a home, according to a survey.
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As students head back to school, there's an extra push to bring those who never graduated back into the classroom.
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A young person's life prospects improve dramatically by getting a college education, but the country's schools have room for only one in six applicants
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Poorer children are not more likely to take up a school place allocated through a  lottery, researchers say.
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For many college freshmen, this was what life on campus was like: Unprepared to handle money, they overspent on fast food and partying with friends without much thought as to how to pay the bills.
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Many young people spend long hours unsupervised after school - with little involvement from parents.
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Most schools don't have the funds to follow the lead of well-endowed universities.
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One in seven students at UK universities drop out, but there are wide variations between universities.
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Students who rely on all-nighters to bring up their grades might want to sleep on that strategy: a new survey says those who never study all night have slightly higher GPAs than those who do.
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There are big variations in how many children from different neighbourhoods go to university.
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Twenty-seven of the 56 schools with bowl-bound football teams graduated less than half their players, a study released Tuesday shows.
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A watchdog warns many vulnerable children may not be receiving suitable or cost-effective education.