This is not the answer that you seek, lowering the cost of college, a goal I certainly agree with, but the sources in this post cited with link below may help some who have to deal with these high costs in sending their children or other people's children to college, in the later case acting as counselors and advisors.
Subject: EDUCATION: COLLEGE: FINANCE: Publications and Web Resources for College Scholarships and Grants Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 12:42:13 -0400 Sender: Information Sources <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "David P. Dillard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: EDUCATION: COLLEGE: FINANCE: Publications and Web Resources for College Scholarships and Grants <http://listserv.temple.edu/cgi-bin/wa? A2=ind0406&L=temple-gold&P=R23030&m=999> A shorter URL for the link above: <http://snipurl.com/8fm3> I hope that the sources in this post will be of some assistance for those caught in the vice of college costs. Sincerely, David Dillard Temple University (215) 204 - 4584 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/net-gold> <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ringleaders/davidd.html> <http://www.kovacs.com/medref-l/medref-l.html> <http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/net-gold.html> <http://www.LIFEofFlorida.org> World Business Community Advisor <http://www.WorldBusinessCommunity.org> ================================================== On Tue, 31 Aug 2004, Kathleen Muro wrote: > Let's make college even less affordable! Unless financial aid covers up > to the full cost depending on income, this is simply another way to make > a college education less affordable on top of tuition increases, the > high cost of books, and limits to financial aid. Soon, only the rich > will be able to afford to send their children to a public university. > I have one son in his senior year in electrical engineering with a 3.8 > GPA who can't afford and hence doesn't have a notebook computer, a > second child in her senior year in high school who will have to live at > home and start at a community college to get a college education (and > without a notebook computer), and a third starting his freshman year in > high school. Since the last child is also facing college without a > notebook computer, I don't know what he'll do. He may have to settle for > a $30 tape recorder and his sister's desktop, which was passed down to > her from her older brother's wife, who got it second hand (and > home-built) from her husband--my oldest son. I suspect that my family's > reasonable accommodation to our financial limitations and the > recognition of the need for computer access is typical of most American > families. > I thought it telling when the colleges stated that they would save money > by not having to provide open access computers for students. Perhaps > that is their real motive, since possession of a notebook computer has > not been proven to have greater impact on a student's performance or > outcomes than possession or access to a desktop model. > > I run an open access computer technology center in one of the poorest > communities in the US, in a colonia on the US-Mexico border. If any of > our local higher education institutions would dare to set such a > requirement, they would eliminate access to college for everyone here. > This is an action that increases the 'educational divide'. Shame on > these 'public' colleges. > Kathleen Muro > [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
