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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Millions of disaster victims are missing out on vital aid despite record donations in 2005, a report says.
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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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TeachersÃÂÃÂ misconceptions might be preventing bright state-educated pupils from applying to Oxford and Cambridge University, according to a survey for an educational charity.
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Many high school graduation tests don't measure whether students are ready for college or work, and some states haven't even made clear what the purpose of their test is, a study finds.
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There are worries about the economic consequences of a decline in students taking science subjects.
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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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Aid will go towards free schooling and the fight against Aids - but aid groups say it is less than was promised two years ago.
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Health care may not be a large concern for many college students in the upcoming election, but more than any other age group, a higher percentage of adults ages 18 to 24 are uninsured.
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Every parent knows that college costs are painfully high, and yet so many people fail to save anything, even an amount that will get their child through one semester. Instead, they wait until their child is ready to go to college, panic and then turn to loans.
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MONDAY, Sept. 13 (HealthDayNews) -- Many Americans are not taking all their medicines because they can't afford them, and most aren't telling their doctors about it, new research shows.
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The pace of ever-rising college costs has slowed somewhat this year, and students are relying more on private loans rather than grants or other federal sources to finance their education, according to two new studies.
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Universities face a "serious bottleneck" in finding enough students, an international study warns.
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A watchdog warns many vulnerable children may not be receiving suitable or cost-effective education.
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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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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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Nearly a quarter of students in the Chinese capital would be unwilling to take a class with someone infected with HIV/AIDS, the official Xinhua agency said on Tuesday, citing a new survey.