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Increases to College Financial Aid Coming – Will They Harm Or Help?

President Obama in his recently proposed budget is asking for substantial increases to college financial aid. This is not a surprise. There has been a lot of news coverage over the past several months about how student loans are harder to come by, how many loan companies have locked their doors, and how colleges endowments have taken a hit.

While the news coverage painted a picture of fund availability that was far more gloomy than reality; an increase in federal funds was virtually inevitable. Only social security is probably a greater hot button issue than helping students pay for college. So how will these changes affect students on the way to college and those already there? The answer is two-fold…

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Increases to College Financial Aid Coming – Will They Harm Or Help?

President Obama in his recently proposed budget is asking for substantial increases to college financial aid. This is not a surprise. There has been a lot of news coverage over the past several months about how student loans are harder to come by, how many loan companies have locked their doors, and how colleges endowments have taken a hit.

While the news coverage painted a picture of fund availability that was far more gloomy than reality; an increase in federal funds was virtually inevitable. Only social security is probably a greater hot button issue than helping students pay for college. So how will these changes affect students on the way to college and those already there? The answer is two-fold…

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