Here's what upward mobility looks like in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area
The Center for Economic Studies released a report last month studying the economic development that people go through from their childhood to their 30s. ...
Read More »The Center for Economic Studies released a report last month studying the economic development that people go through from their childhood to their 30s. ...
Read More »"For every low-income student eligible for the Carolina Covenant, there are two middle-income students supported by other forms of institutionally funded ...
Read More »Viviana Gonzalez is one of 18,862 undergraduate students at UNC. However, according to the Office of Undergraduate Retention, Gonzalez is one of 4,000 ...
Read More »Student loans don't have to equal a lifetime of debt — so long as you work in the public sector, make 120 months of consistent payments on your loans ...
Read More »The N.C. Promise Tuition Plan, which launched this fall at three UNC system universities, aims to make tuition more affordable for undergraduate students. ...
Read More »The University recently outlined how a drug conviction affects federal financial aid eligibility.
Read More »Shirley Ort created Carolina Covenant to help low-income students pay for tuition exemplifies what it means to be a leader.
Read More »For now, work study is here to stay. In response to a rise in federal budget cuts, UNC kickstarted Carolina Works to fund more work-study students ...
Read More »Senior Morgan Holder is in love with her work-study job at the North Carolina Botanical Garden. In a world of unpaid internships and menial jobs with ...
Read More »Among graduating UNC seniors in 2015, around 40 percent carried student debt, and the average amount among borrowers was about $22,000. That compares ...
Read More »When the University announced the decreased average cost of attendance, students sought transparency about the process by which the University determines ...
Read More »The bill will increase spending for the Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant and the Federal Work-Study Program, among other increases.
Read More »"First to finish" is a new program offering free summer courses for students one or two classes short of senior status, covering tuition, fees and housing. ...
Read More »In a letter last month, the group urged U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and policymakers to reinstate Federal Pell Grant eligibility for incarcerated ...
Read More »The U.S. Department of Education is seeking public comment on how to assess if student loan borrowers meet the undue hardship standard for loan forgiveness. ...
Read More »“When I was a freshman, I was looking for a lot of resources and a lot of information to understand better how financial aid worked, but I wasn’t ...
Read More »Every few years, the University completes a survey to reassess the average costs for a student to attend the University for one year, but Carolina ...
Read More »A report from the U.S. Department of Education shows the U.S. is lending more money in federal student loans than it is being repaid. In just four years, ...
Read More »While the number of students receiving grants has risen since 2012, the percentage taking out loans decreased.
Read More »Research suggests this may be because students from higher income households are more likely to have attended more years of school.
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