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Top colleges get more affordable.
06 Oct 2011 |
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A college education may be getting less expensive at some of the most prestigious schools. Tuition, room and board jump significantly every year. But changes to financial aid policies at many selective colleges and universities are boosting lower- and middle-income students' odds of getting a better deal.
In addition, there could be a ripple effect. Colleges want to win good students and don't want the competition luring away potential candidates with sweetened aid packages. "There's a certain arms-race mentality, or a fear that there's that mentality," said Karin Fischer, who covers low-income students' access to college for the Chronicle of Higher Education. The latest sweetener was announced this week by Davidson College. The highly ranked liberal arts school near Charlotte, N.C., will eliminate student loans from its financial aid packages. Instead, it will provide all its student aid in the form of grants and work study.
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Kids use yoga to learn mythology.
08 Oct 2011 |
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Fourth-grade teacher Elisabeth Beckwith wants her students at Fernbank Elementary School in Decatur, Georgia, to pay attention to a lesson on Greek mythology. Fourth-graders at Fernbank Elementary in Decatur, Georgia, practice the dromedary delight.
Instead of staring at the board in the front of the classroom, the kids are lying on the floor near their desks practicing yoga. "It's fun," says 9-year old Jack Besser. It gets out the cramps after you've been sitting for an hour.Besser's classmate Medha Prakash says the yoga drills help her to concentrate. It makes me feel calm, relaxed and it gets all the stress out of me.
Beckwith has linked the symbols of Greek gods to yoga poses, such as down dog and the stork. She's hoping the students will better retain the material and be re-energized in the middle of the day. It's a fun way for them to think about things Beckwith says. You know, it's healthy for them because they're getting the breathing right and ge ...
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Top 10 most expensive colleges.
10 Oct 2011 |
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Stanford reduces or eliminates the EFC for families making less than $60,000. And last month, it said it would reduce the cap on the annual amount of student loans that an undergraduate is expected to borrow - from $3,500 to $2,000. It also will reduce the expected contribution from families making between $60,000 and $135,000 by changing the way it assesses home equity. The school calculates that the change will save parents an average of $2,000 a year. The school also said it would make an allowance for renters with no home equity, so that their other assets aren't disproportionately weighted.
Emory University, meanwhile, is also replacing loans with grants for those with family incomes of $50,000 or less. And for students whose family income ranges between $50,000 and $100,000, the university will cap the total amount of need-based loans a student must take at $15,000 over their college career.
As beneficial as these types of changes may be to students and pa ...
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