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Overcoming the Financial Aid Barrier for E-learners

by Sloan-C

Author Information

Author(s):

Bruce Chaloux

Institution(s) or Organization(s) Where Research Occured:

Electronic Campus, Southern Regional Education Board

Volume and Issue Information

Volume:

12

Issue:

2

Month:

July

Year:

2008

Financial aid systems help make higher education available to all who can benefit. To “adjust” the existing financial aid system to make it more student friendly and open doors currently closed to many part-time learners and students with the greatest financial challenges, state policy changes and greater private sector initiatives targeted at workforce can use creative strategies, including altering state-based programs, creating new learning tax incentives, coordinating employer-based aid, and distributing aid directly to students.

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• Cost Effectiveness
• Volume 12:2 - July 2008
• Direct Distribution
• Employer-Based Aid
• Financial Aid
• Part-Time Learners
• Policy
• State-Based Programs
• Tax Incentives