501 Ways for Adult Students to Pay for College
Going Back to School Without Going Broke
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- $13.99
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
Adults can find the means to go back to school despite the pressures of work, family, and a mortgage with this guide to funding continued education. With expanded information on online and distance learning and part-time classes and new financial aid, loan, and scholarship opportunities, this updated resource teaches adult students how to find and win scholarships designed especially for them, obtain financial support from employers, get financial aid for distance learning, receive larger financial aid packages, take advantage of educational tax breaks, trade tuition costs for volunteer service, and cancel education debts with loan forgiveness programs. Twenty firsthand anecdotes inspire adult students with creative and unusual ways to pay for their education.
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Clearly experts on the subject of fundraising, the Tanabes won over $100,000 in scholarships while they were at Harvard University, allowing them to graduate debt-free. In this chatty but practical guide to footing tuition bills as an adult, they offer both obvious and little-known tips to readers who are going back for degrees. Naturally, scholarships play a large role in paying for college, and the Tanabes list 40 scholarships specifically for adult students and give pointers on writing a winning scholarship essay. In addition to receiving scholarship money, adult students can also qualify for financial aid, and the authors explain how potential students should go about applying for aid from federal and state governments, as well as from their college. Furthermore, many of the more than three million students who are over the age of 35 have a good shot of getting their employer to pay for their education, and the authors share advice on that angle as well. The Tanabes, who also wrote Adults Students: An Insider's Guide to Getting Into College, offer an incomparable asset for any adult seeking practical, handy advice on paying for their education.
