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By Anna Brockway With Haverford entering its 175th year, members of the college’s Board of Managers gathered in Stokes Auditorium Friday to provide an update on how the school is doing. Their meeting was the Opening Session of Volunteer Leadership Weekend, an event intended to connect Haverford’s volunteers with the college community.

FAP878: $10,000 Scholarship, The Coming Financial Aid Crisis in audio Listen now: Weekly Financial Aid News Roundup + The Coming Financial Aid Crisis Scholarship Update + Student Loan Network $10,000 Scholarship Mail Bag + Wayne asks, what private student loan lenders are left?

Yes, there’s a World of Warcraft Credit Card. With game time. Get it at StudentPlatinum.com/warcraft. Full Disclosure: The Financial Aid Podcast earns a very small amount of money for each new applicant. More important, I don’t get any mats or a zhevra, but it’s still neat, and I’d talk about it even if it wasn’t for work.

A lot of college students nowadays run into trouble before they even start when it comes to getting the money necessary for college because they have already managed to run up a poor credit history. Fortunately however there are various loan and aid packages available that look chiefly at financial need and ignore your credit record.

Undergraduates at Vanderbilt University who qualify for need-based student loans could see a significant drop in their student loan debt, from an average of $21,000 to as little as $5,000, as the university moves to eliminate these loans, replacing them instead with need-based scholarships and grants (“VU Will Slash Millions in Student Debt,” The Tennessean, Oct.

Higher education systems in Nevada have received a $15 million federal grant to study regional effects of climate change.  The state will team up with New Mexico and Idaho, which also received federal funds for the study.  Desert Research Institute, University of Nevada, Reno, University of Nevada,

FAP877: Wishful Presidential Address on the Economy After a rough ride on the markets, I thought a friendly voice might help a little, and in good fun, this is what I wish our politicians would say but probably won’t. Click the play button to listen now: – Good evening, my fellow Americans and everyone else tuning in, too.

Project Profiles: Latina Fashionista September 26, 2008, by mandytoomey The first grant Roseanna Garcia, 2007–08 Community Action Grantee, ever wrote was to AAUW for her project Latina Fashionista, aimed at helping Latina youth understand college and career opportunities for minority women interested in the fashion industry.

"There’s only one candidate who is looking at how we make college affordable for every single child in this nation…" — Michelle Obama, September 22, 2008 On Monday morning, Michelle Obama hosted a conference call with college newspapers across the country to discuss the Obama-Biden plan for higher education and the importance of the youth vote.

FAP876: Alliance for Young Artists and Writers Scholarship Listen now: Expert Interview + Bryan Doerries, Associate Executive Directory, Programs, from The Alliance for Young Artists and Writers + Doerries on scholarships, writing, and support of creativity in education + Award details at our