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If you read a newspaper, saw a newscast, or even simply owned a Twitter feed last spring, you probably heard the name Sweet Briar College mentioned. A lot. That’s because in early March, with no warning to faculty, staff, or students, the women’s college that opened its doors in 1901 announced that it would close in August. Then, as the echoes from the announcement still rippled over alumnae, donors, and those directly affected by the news, a wave of protest built (#SaveSweetBriar) – as did a major fundraising campaign – that eventually rose as high as the Virginia Supreme Court, which ruled in early June that the administration of the college did not, in fact, have the authority to close the institution because doing so would break the trust upon which the school was founded. (Administrators had argued in the lower courts that the college was a corporation, not a trust, and therefore could be closed.) Read More

Just in time for the Sweet Briar blog posting (above):

Are women's colleges an antiquated thing of the past or are they crucial to the American system of higher education?

Don't get caught in a trap when it comes to scholarships -

check out these four common myths

and learn how to overcome them!

What will your life be like as a college freshman?How will things change?What will you learn?

One

college freshman reflects

on her first semester and realizes she's learned just as much outside of the classroom as she did from her professors and textbooks.

FSA ID Outreach ResourcesThe FSA ID replaced the Federal Student Aid PIN in May 2015. The FSA ID is a username and password that is used to access certain Federal Student Aid websites. A student or parent uses his or her FSA ID to sign the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) or a Master Promissory Note for a federal education loan, among many other activities. If you seek more information about the FSA ID, please refer  to StudentAid.gov/fsaid. This page includes detailed information about the FSA ID, tips and resources to help with creating an FSA ID, and a link to create an FSA ID. FAFSA UpdatesThe FAFSA Updates page on the Financial Aid Toolkit is regularly refreshed at this time of year, as new FAFSA documents become available. Example: Yesterday we added a link to the PowerPoint presentation containing screen shots of the 2016-17 fafsa.gov site. Please check back frequently; we will probably continue to update that page about once a week between now and early January. The page is at FinancialAidToolkit.ed.gov/fafsa-updates.courtesy Cindy Forbes Cameron | Awareness & Outreach | Federal Student Aid | US Dept of Education

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