Financial Aid
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Comparing Offers from Different Schools.
Tips for making award letter comparisons a snap.
NSLDS Student Access.
The site displays information on loan and/or grant amounts, outstanding balances, loan status, and disbursements. You will need an Electronic Access Code (EAC). Also, the Student Loan Locator from the National Student Clearinghouse will provide you with information related to the identity of your primary loan contact(s).

Adult & Re-entry Students
Financial Aid for the Returning Student.
The maze that makes up student financial aid can often be just another stumbling block for the returning student to confront.
Scholarship Dollars for Returning Students.
The money is there. Financial aid administrators tell you how to find it. See also Easing the Transition: How to Live Creatively on Financial Aid.
The Scholarship Process for Single Parents.
Colleges are seeing a big increase in older students on campus with children.
Going Back to School: Funding Your Dream.
The challenge of how to do it can be as exciting as doing it.
Ten Tips for Adult Students to Maximize Financial Aid.
Reduce the cost of returning to school with these ten strategies. See also Returning to School.
Will Your Employer Pay Your Tuition?
What you need to know about tuition assistance programs. Plus, how to take advantage of your employer's program.
Workforce Investment Act.
Federal and state initiative assists adults and dislocated workers to secure employment through higher education. See also Standing in Line Again.
Alpha Sigma Lambda.
Honor society for nontraditional students. See also Golden Key International Honour Society GEICO Adult Scholar Award.
Scholarships for Re-entry Students.
Special report on grants and retraining assistance for adults returning to college.

Women
Business and Professional Women.
Career Advancement Scholarship for members.
American Association of University Women.
Grants and scholarship opportunities.
The Society of Women Engineers (SWE).
Offers scholarship awards for women seeking a bachelor's or graduate degree in computer science or engineering.
The Educational Foundation for Women in Accounting.
Women in Transition scholarship for women going back to college for a bachelor's degree program in accounting. Also offers Women in Need and Laurel's Fund scholarships.
Talbots Charitable Foundation Women's Scholarship Fund.
Awards $100,000 in scholarships to women seeking a bachelor's degree (five women receive $10,000 each, and 50 women receive $1,000. each.)
P.E.O. International Scholar Awards.
Given to women seeking a graduate degree. The P.E.O. Program for Continuing Education offers need based grants to women returning to college. The E.O. Educational Loan Fund provides low interest educational loans to women in need.
Raise the Nation
Grants and scholarships for women who are single parents.
The R.O.S.E. Fund
The R.O.S.E. (Regaining One's Self-Esteem) Fund assists women victims of violence to rebuild their lives with a college degree. See also The Sunshine Lady Foundation.
The Soroptimist Foundation.
Awards about $250,000 in grants to women through more than 40 Soroptimist clubs.
The Jeannette Rankin Foundation.
Awards $2,000 annually to women 35 or older with financial need to earn a degree.
Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship Program.
The Anita Borg Scholarship program's mission is to encourage women in becoming leaders and active role models in the field of computing and technology.
Executive Women International Adult Students in Scholastic Transistion (ASIST).
Offers scholarships to adult students in transition through participating EWI Chapters.

Army and Veteran's Benefits
U.S. Army ROTC.
The On-Campus Scholarship is for those who missed the ROTC scholarship opportunity in high school.
Veteran's Educational Benefits Programs.
PDF file. Veterans of the Armed Forces, members of the Selective Reserve, and National Guard members may have financial aid assistance available to them.
Americorps.
The education award covers costs for post-secondary school education and vocational training - both past and future.
The GI Bill Educational Assistance Program.
The Montgomery GI Bill and the Veterans Educational Assistance Program. See also GI Bill Express.

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