Financial Aid News

Regents Look At Reform Of Montana Campuses

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:19:10 -0600

Regents Look at Reform of Montana Campuses- “The Montana Board of Regents has started investigating how it might "reform and reinvent" the giant University System,” reports the Bozeman Daily Chronicle. “A new task force created to look into reform, called the Regents' Workgroup, will hold its first face-to-face meeting in Helena on Thursday. Its stated mission is to figure out how to get more Montanans to graduate from college, how to make the University System more efficient, and how to make changes without hurting the quality of education.” Read More

It's All What You Study

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:15:23 -0600

It's All What You Study- At community colleges, an underperforming high school graduate studying computer science is much more likely to see an earnings increase than is a well-prepared high school graduate studying literature. That is the conclusion of a new analysis designed to explore the factors that predict which community college students will gain the most from their education. Read more

VA Contacting Veteran-Students About New GI Bill

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:09:01 -0600

VA Contacting Veteran-Students about New GI Bill- Representatives of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will be telephoning Veterans across the country to explain their education benefits under the new Post-911 GI Bill and ensure beneficiaries are able to receive payments due them. “The Post-9/11 GI Bill is one of our highest priorities,” said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki. “Instead of making people wait to hear from us, we’re reaching out to Veterans, so they can get the money they need to stay in school.” Read More

Mapping Your Future Offers Free Money Management Tools

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:45:46 -0600

To celebrate Financial Literacy month, schools can take advantage of the free money management tools offered by Mapping Your Future. Schools can link to these tools from their website to help their students.

UM Receives Carnegie Community Engagement Classification

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:35:19 -0700

“The University of Montana has been selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching for the prestigious 2008 Community Engagement Classification,” reports the Missoulian. “Institutions are chosen in one of three categories: curricular engagement, outreach and partnerships, or curricular engagement and outreach and partnerships. UM was one of only 68 public institutions to receive the 2008 Community Engagement Classification in the curricular engagement and outreach and partnerships category. Fifty-one private institutions were awarded the 2008 classification in that category. The Community Engagement Classification relies on voluntary participation by institutions of higher education and permits analysis of attributes that are not available in national data. Since its beginning in 2006, nearly 200 institutions have received the classification.”