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Last month we wrote about the Get Schooled College Affordability Challenge, a national competition organized by MTV, the College Board, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to re-imagine and simplify the college financial-aid process by using digital tools. The submissions were winnowed...

In February 2011, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an appropriations bill that would cut the Federal Pell Grant Program, beginning in July 2011. The bill is now being debated in the Senate as anxious students await the outcome for the college funding program. The Federal Pell Grant,...

Applying for financial aid is a byzantine process that frustrates even the smartest whiz kid. Now there's a contest geared toward finding new ways toward simplifying the process -- and you get to vote on the idea you think is best. The Get Schooled College Affordability Challenge is a national...

Indiana's 21st Century Scholars program has become a victim of its own success. It promises full college tuition for low-income middle school students who pledge to stay out of trouble, maintain a cumulative 2.0 GPA and graduate from high school. And it works, academically: Participants are more...

For students dreaming of winning the cross-cultural holy grail that is the Fulbright scholarship – thus earning the fully-funded opportunity to research or teach overseas – there's good news and there's some tough news. "The good news about the Fulbright is you can do whatever you...

The worst financial writer ever gives us the five companies that Google (GOOG) should buy. _______________________ Which is financially worse for you: cigarettes or coffee? _______________________ Teen novelist Melissa Francis interviews CNBC anchor Melissa Francis. _______________________

A tough economy makes consumers more likely to fall victim to scams. They're less skeptical than they might usually be, often because they're desperate to earn some money or find an opportunity for themselves. One scam gathering steam is the "government grant" scheme. You simply pay a few dollars...