You can’t really blame employers for looking down on online degrees, when there are so many creative cyber-criminals giving online education a bad reputation. In the news today is Marc Parry’s story about the latest cyber-crook to get caught gaming the federal financial aid system.

One Trenda L. Halton, a scammer whose entrepreneurial skills might [...]

Popular, powerful Facebook really knows how to make friends and treat them well! Their new Facebook Fellowship program is a great example of two important higher education themes: graduate school has value and there is financial aid beyond federally funded assistance and private student loans.

Jill Laster of the Chronicle of Higher Education described the [...]

Just mention the word “form” to me and I shudder with fear. Paperwork that involves providing financial information and answering lots of questions? Maybe I’ll clean my closet…

FAFSA: Funding for College Expenses
But seriously, if you’re going back to school, the FAFSA is too important an application to be as lengthy, confusing, and frankly, downright daunting, [...]

Whether you’re going to an accredited online college or a traditional college, if you want to get federal financial aid, you must complete and submit the FAFSA or Free Application for Federal Student Aid. The good news is that there are ways to maximize your potential for getting the most federal financial possible. I found [...]