Friday, October 31, 2008

National Guard Tuition Assistance available at Allied School

Call Allied Schools to find out if you may be eligible for National Guard Tuition Assistance. The National Guard Tuition Assistance Program provides National Guard personnel with funding for education and training. Read the rest ...

What nobody tells you about . . . school: There's more to school than homework and class

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Oct. 24--Waking up early 180 days out of the year to ride the big yellow cheese wagon to an institution of learning can be a bore.

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Exhibit brings refugees' plight home to students

Exhibit brings refugees' plight home to students
Sixth-graders tour a simulated camp in Griffith Park, with makeshift tents, daily rations and banners offering stories of those uprooted by war.

All you can eat for the entire day: 2 1/2 cups of rice, 1 1/2 cups of beans, a few grams of salt and sugar, and half an ounce of oil to cook with.

At elite colleges, new aid for the middle

At elite colleges, new aid for the middle
Some of the nation's most elite colleges, trying to ward off perceptions that they've become unaffordable to even high-income families, are bolstering their financial aid packages by offering grants to students whose parents earn as much as $180,000 a year.