Of the nearly 25,000 students who received state aid last school year, 20% were from families that make less than $30,000 a year. Nearly 50% came from families with an annual income greater than $75,000.
Financial Aid
Posted inIndianapolis
Indianapolis scholarship pays off college bills, giving students another shot at a degree
For tens of thousands of Hoosiers, the cost of returning to college is more than just tuition — it requires cash up front for unpaid bills from their previous attempts at degrees.
Posted inOhio
New program from Northeast Ohio public colleges aims to resolve ‘stranded credits’
Credits are “stranded” when a university withholds transcripts because a student owes them money. About 60,000 people in the region are believed to have stranded credits.
Posted inMississippi
These Mississippi students camped out to get a sign on ESPN ‘College GameDay’ about… financial aid?
Two seniors at the University of Mississippi wanted to raise awareness about a new policy that could affect tens of thousands of college students in the state.
Posted inMississippi
The racial and economic impact of Mississippi’s proposed financial aid program
The proposal would change how thousands of students pay for college — and whether they even go.
Posted inThe Dispatch
What do we even mean by merit?
This whole discussion of merit — what it even means, how it drives who gets to go to college, how it shapes people’s college dreams — is threaded through so many debates in higher education. And it can distort the conversation.
Posted inMississippi
More states are increasing focus on need-based financial aid. Not Mississippi.
If a Mississippi proposal is adopted, white students would see their financial aid awards increase, while Black and low-income students’ awards would decrease by hundreds, in some cases thousands, of dollars.
Posted inMississippi
Got a 17 on your ACT? Mark Keenum doesn’t want you at Mississippi State.
Too often, the university’s president said, Mississippi’s financial aid programs go to poor, lower-performing kids and take money away from students with high ACT scores.
Posted inThe Dispatch
Who deserves the bigger slice of state financial aid?
Despite national currents that focus attention on increasing access for poor students, Mississippi is swimming in the other direction.
Posted inMississippi
‘We are the future’: Students react to proposal that would slash thousands in financial aid
Under the new program, non-white students at four-year universities will lose $900,000 in state financial aid while white students will gain more than $1.4 million.