Daily Aid 87: President Obama: finish high school, one more year of higher ed Student Financial Aid News Last night, President Obama remarked: Right now, three-quarters of the fastest-growing occupations require more than a high school diploma, and yet just over half of our citizens have that level ...

Daily Aid 86: Paying full price for college at a premium Student Financial Aid News From Boston.com: As colleges and universities provide more financial aid to families hit by the recession, they are also more likely to give wealthier students preference in admissions and scholarships to help offset...

Daily Aid 71: How to find a job in a tough economy Student Financial Aid News In a sign of how dire things are becoming in higher education, Forbes magazine comes out swinging against college education being worth it and Brandeis University announces its intent to shutter its art museum and selling ...

Daily Aid 70: How to change your financial aid in event of job loss Focus on Financial Aid I’m tempted to stop doing the news, primarily because it seems to be re-runs. Scholarships depleting funding, student loans hard to get, economy headed south. So instead of rehashing the same news with d...

Daily Aid 69: Jobcast, student loans, micro-resume Student Financial Aid News From Inside Higher Ed: This year’s freshmen are about as likely to rely on family resources as first-years did in 2001, but they’re also turning to self-sufficiency: 49.4 percent of freshmen say they plan on getting a ...

Daily Aid 66: Disappearing scholarships, Great Depression idea that works Student Financial Aid News More scholarships are vanishing. From NASFAA: “The University of Wisconsin-Superior will award about $100,000 less in endowed scholarships this fall. Dozens of employees at Marian University in...

Daily Aid 65: States cutting back merit scholarships that work Student Financial Aid News Here’s a brain buster… From Inside Higher Ed: For many community colleges, low-income students are especially hard to retain. A new study, however, suggests that performance-based scholarships — o...

Daily Aid 64: Social security benefits and the FAFSA, UC and online degrees Student Financial Aid News From NASFAA: “In response to the flagging economy and declining state support, University of California regents this week will consider reducing freshmen enrollment and freezing the pay of ne...

Daily Aid 35: Federal student loans get a shot in the arm Student Financial Aid News From Inside Higher Ed: In addition to replicating the loan purchase and pool investment programs it put in place for 2008-9, which would cover loans made through September 30, 2010, the department plans to allow for...

FAP884: Online degrees, cost of college, free stuff challenge Listen now: Weekly Financial Aid Roundup This week we talked online degrees with Adrian Marrullier. Go listen! Kim Clark had a great piece on the value of a college degree. We also talked about the CSS profile in depth with feedback from ...