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Gates Foundation seeks to ease federal financial aid process
Associated Press ^ | Jul 8, 2015 4:39 PM EDT | Donna Gordon Blankinship

Posted on 07/08/2015 3:17:44 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Two million more young people could get the financial aid they need to go to college if the federal government makes it easier to fill out its financial aid forms, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said Wednesday.

The Seattle-based foundation said revising the form would be relatively simple and would not change the accuracy of the process.

Students must fill out the form known as the Free Application for Federal Student Aid or FAFSA before they can qualify for a federal grant, subsidized student loan or nearly any other form of college financial aid.

The Gates Foundation has taken aim at the FAFSA as part of its strategy to make college more accessible to low-income students, said Dan Greenstein, director of the Postsecondary Success team at the foundation. …

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Education; Society
KEYWORDS: collegedebt; federalaid; gatesfoundation

1 posted on 07/08/2015 3:17:44 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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I have an answer Mr. Gates WHY don’t you fiancé the loans YOURSELF you greedy leftwing BILLIONAIAR!!


2 posted on 07/08/2015 3:27:09 PM PDT by painter ( Isaiah: “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,")
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