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Updated list of scholarship opportunities (and related topics) with an emphasis toward (but not exclusive to) Historically Black Colleges and Universities and African-American Students
-Barry Wynn

Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Ways to Finance a College Education -- New Guide From University Administrator Provides Fresh Perspective on Finding Funding: "Tonsil's detailed coverage includes all the most popular forms of financing. She explains in simple, conversational style the benefits of federal and state student aid programs, tuition discounting, merit-based scholarships, 529 plans and more. She advises parents and prospective students that the cost of an education should never be a determining factor in the application process.
'No student should decide not to apply to a college or university because he or she believes it is too expensive and beyond his or her reach,' says Tonsil.
Instead, she says, people need to be aware that knowledge is power in this arena, too, and the information contained in Ways to Finance a College Education is a priceless weapon to yield. "