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		<title>Super Saturday to the Rescue!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:55:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Feel like you need superpowers to figure out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)? Never fear, Super Saturday is here! SCHEV is once again partnering with the Virginia Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (VASFAA) to help college-bound Virginians receive free one-on-one assistance completing the federal financial aid form during a series of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vafinancialaid.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3225635&amp;post=377&amp;subd=vafinancialaid&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is College Too Expensive?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three in four Americans now say that college is too expensive for most people to afford, according to remarks made by Education Secretary Arne Duncan at a college financial aid worker conference in Nevada this week. According to the New York Times, Secretary Duncan “urged higher-education officials Tuesday to ‘think more creatively — and with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vafinancialaid.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3225635&amp;post=363&amp;subd=vafinancialaid&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Trick or Treat?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:15:55 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Planning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just in time for Halloween, we share some frighteningly real information with you about figuring out the cost of college. More than 7,000 schools nationwide were required to post on their websites by October 29 a net-price calculator to to help current and prospective students, families, and other consumers estimate the net price of attending [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vafinancialaid.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3225635&amp;post=358&amp;subd=vafinancialaid&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Virginia Tuition Assistance Grant</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are a Virginia resident interested in attending a private college or university in the Commonwealth, you will be pleased to learn that SCHEV recently recommended increasing funding for the state grant program designed to help increase affordability and access to private postsecondary institutions. On September 20, the Council voted to recommend that funding [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vafinancialaid.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3225635&amp;post=351&amp;subd=vafinancialaid&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Students Who Graduate Without Debt</title>
		<link>http://vafinancialaid.wordpress.com/2011/09/09/students-who-graduate-without-debt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Loans]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interested in graduating from college with no debt? Check out this visual how-to that shows the key characteristics of students who graduate without student loans. http://visual.ly/how-graduate-college-no-debt Filed under: Loans, Planning Tagged: debt, Loans, tuition<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vafinancialaid.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3225635&amp;post=345&amp;subd=vafinancialaid&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Debt Deal’s Impact on Student Borrowers</title>
		<link>http://vafinancialaid.wordpress.com/2011/08/04/the-debt-deal%e2%80%99s-impact-on-student-borrowers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[borrowing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pell grants]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The debt-ceiling compromise was signed into law this week, which means that more than $17 billion in federal Pell Grants will still be available to eligible students through at least 2013. So Tuesday’s deal is great news for the approximately 309,000 students who attend Virginia colleges using Pell Grant aid. However, the legislation cut two [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vafinancialaid.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3225635&amp;post=337&amp;subd=vafinancialaid&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Virginia Private College Week</title>
		<link>http://vafinancialaid.wordpress.com/2011/07/25/virginia-private-college-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[July 25 – 30, 2011 is Virginia Private College Week! More than 25 colleges from Ashland to Winchester are offering tours and informational sessions for students and their families to learn more about private institutions. If students get their special college passport stamped at three or more participating campuses and send it to the Council [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vafinancialaid.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3225635&amp;post=334&amp;subd=vafinancialaid&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Secrets from the Inside &#8211; Regent University</title>
		<link>http://vafinancialaid.wordpress.com/2011/07/22/secrets-from-the-inside-regent-university/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest addition to the &#8220;Secrets from the Inside&#8221; is from Shannon O&#8217;Leary, Service Team Manager at Regent University. Briefly, what do you think is the most exciting or attractive feature of your institution? We have a beautiful campus in Virginia Beach with easy access to the oceanfront.  What is the single most important piece [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vafinancialaid.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3225635&amp;post=324&amp;subd=vafinancialaid&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Secrets from the Inside &#8211; Ferrum College</title>
		<link>http://vafinancialaid.wordpress.com/2011/07/05/secrets-from-the-inside-ferrum-college/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 13:22:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weeks post features Heather Hollandsworth, Director of Financial Aid, Ferrum College, www.ferrum.edu/financial_aid.aspx Briefly, what do you think is the most exciting or attractive feature of your institution? Ferrum offers small class sizes with experiential learning in a rural setting on our 700 acres near the Blue Ridge Mountains.  We place a heavy emphasis on hands [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vafinancialaid.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3225635&amp;post=314&amp;subd=vafinancialaid&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Secrets from the Inside &#8211; Virginia Tech</title>
		<link>http://vafinancialaid.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/secrets-from-the-inside-virginia-tech/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The next addition to our series of  Secrets from the Inside &#8211; is Carrie Miller, Associate Director for Operations, Virginia Tech, www.finaid.vt.edu Briefly, what do you think is the most exciting or attractive feature of your institution? A large competitive university in a rural setting where the pace of living is not fast and the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vafinancialaid.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3225635&amp;post=307&amp;subd=vafinancialaid&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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