Comments for Student Aid Alliance http://studentaidalliance.org A Coalition of Student Aid Advocates. Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:10:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Budget Deal Maintains Pell Grant Maximum, But Cuts Year-Round Pell and Other Student Aid Programs by todd http://studentaidalliance.org/budget-deal-maintains-pell-grant-maximum-but-cuts-year-round-pell-and-other-student-aid-programs/#comment-626 todd Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:10:40 +0000 http://studentaidalliance.org/?p=498#comment-626 What are your thoughts on Self employed students who make less then 15k? Will they qualify for Financial Aid? What are your thoughts on Self employed students who make less then 15k?
Will they qualify for Financial Aid?

]]> Comment on Statement by the Student Aid Alliance on Debt Ceiling Deal by Clarence http://studentaidalliance.org/statement-by-the-student-aid-alliance-on-debt-ceiling-deal/#comment-417 Clarence Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:25:52 +0000 http://studentaidalliance.org/?p=758#comment-417 Education is a non-negotiable. Education is a non-negotiable.

]]> Comment on House Releases Student Aid Spending Plan by Kyle Somers http://studentaidalliance.org/student-aid-proposals-emerge/#comment-416 Kyle Somers Sat, 12 Nov 2011 17:34:37 +0000 http://studentaidalliance.org/?p=1495#comment-416 This is not a bad move in the long run. It will force college's to reduce tuition, or at least stop increasing it. This is not a bad move in the long run. It will force college’s to reduce tuition, or at least stop increasing it.

]]> Comment on House Releases Student Aid Spending Plan by Education Votes http://studentaidalliance.org/student-aid-proposals-emerge/#comment-410 Education Votes Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:47:54 +0000 http://studentaidalliance.org/?p=1495#comment-410 [...] Meanwhile, in the Senate, the Appropriates Subcommittee has proposed protecting the grant maximum of $5,550 and current eligibility—but it did so by proposing to eliminate the six-month grace period that follows graduation for low-income borrowers. In its report, the Committee explains: “The Committee makes this change reluctantly, but believes it is preferable to reducing the maximum Pell Grant award.” [...] [...] Meanwhile, in the Senate, the Appropriates Subcommittee has proposed protecting the grant maximum of $5,550 and current eligibility—but it did so by proposing to eliminate the six-month grace period that follows graduation for low-income borrowers. In its report, the Committee explains: “The Committee makes this change reluctantly, but believes it is preferable to reducing the maximum Pell Grant award.” [...]

]]> Comment on House Releases Student Aid Spending Plan by Kentrail Rudhing http://studentaidalliance.org/student-aid-proposals-emerge/#comment-388 Kentrail Rudhing Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:35:37 +0000 http://studentaidalliance.org/?p=1495#comment-388 A lot of kids need that Pell grant to attend school to further their education. If you cut the Pell grant, kids like me wouldn't b able to attend college because we don't have the funds to do so. A lot of kids need that Pell grant to attend school to further their education. If you cut the Pell grant, kids like me wouldn’t b able to attend college because we don’t have the funds to do so.

]]> Comment on Statement by the Student Aid Alliance on Debt Ceiling Deal by Alexander Eaton http://studentaidalliance.org/statement-by-the-student-aid-alliance-on-debt-ceiling-deal/#comment-299 Alexander Eaton Mon, 08 Aug 2011 04:26:39 +0000 http://studentaidalliance.org/?p=758#comment-299 This article is correct that we should not balance the budget on the backs of students. We should however balance the budget because not doing so will lead to long-term consequences that negate the economic advantage gained through higher education. I'd like to come out of school into the working world again with a marginal tax rate at or near what it is today in order to pay my loans off quickly. Alexander Eaton President-Student Government Association Jefferson College This article is correct that we should not balance the budget on the backs of students. We should however balance the budget because not doing so will lead to long-term consequences that negate the economic advantage gained through higher education. I’d like to come out of school into the working world again with a marginal tax rate at or near what it is today in order to pay my loans off quickly.

Alexander Eaton
President-Student Government Association
Jefferson College

]]> Comment on A Letter to the House: Support Pell Grants, Vote Against H. Con. Res. 34 by Crystal Silva http://studentaidalliance.org/a-letter-to-the-house-support-pell-grants-vote-against-h-con-res-34/#comment-29 Crystal Silva Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:20:09 +0000 http://studentaidalliance.org/?p=510#comment-29 As a minority attending a private university I heavily rely on the Pell Grant. I am the first in my family to attend college and hope to graduate next year and earn my masters. I know the struggles my mother went through with only having a 5th grade education, and I know the scarifice and investment I've made in myself. So please leave the Pell Grant alone their are plenty of students like myself that need it and depend on it. As a minority attending a private university I heavily rely on the Pell Grant. I am the first in my family to attend college and hope to graduate next year and earn my masters. I know the struggles my mother went through with only having a 5th grade education, and I know the scarifice and investment I’ve made in myself. So please leave the Pell Grant alone their are plenty of students like myself that need it and depend on it.

]]> Comment on The Federal Shutdown, Budget, and Student Aid by Tracy Merriman http://studentaidalliance.org/the-federal-shutdown-budget-and-student-aid/#comment-8 Tracy Merriman Tue, 12 Apr 2011 23:36:51 +0000 http://studentaidalliance.org/?p=491#comment-8 Oh my, this is awful. I am a senior at Gardner-Webb University, and I am preparing to graduate this December 2011. Cutting any of the funding provided for tuition and other fees for college would be a major set back for me. I am really close to graduation and looking forward the moment when I am holding that degee in my hand. I also, have a college student and this would not benefit my child either. We rely very much on the funding that is available to us to help us while get an education. What is going to happen to all of the future students graduating from High School, where will they go, what will they do? There are no jobs here in the U.S. that will hire you without the education required, so why take that from anyone who desires to go out and improve their lifestlye by educating themselves so they can get the job that will allow them to do so. Prayer is much needed, and Congress needs to look in other areas for cutting funds. How about starting at their own desk and take a pay cut. Surely they won't miss that. There is too much other unecessary spending goin on that can stand in the gap and take a cut. Leave education alone and let people grow. Oh my, this is awful. I am a senior at Gardner-Webb University, and I am preparing to graduate this December 2011. Cutting any of the funding provided for tuition and other fees for college would be a major set back for me. I am really close to graduation and looking forward the moment when I am holding that degee in my hand. I also, have a college student and this would not benefit my child either. We rely very much on the funding that is available to us to help us while get an education. What is going to happen to all of the future students graduating from High School, where will they go, what will they do? There are no jobs here in the U.S. that will hire you without the education required, so why take that from anyone who desires to go out and improve their lifestlye by educating themselves so they can get the job that will allow them to do so. Prayer is much needed, and Congress needs to look in other areas for cutting funds. How about starting at their own desk and take a pay cut. Surely they won’t miss that. There is too much other unecessary spending goin on that can stand in the gap and take a cut. Leave education alone and let people grow.

]]> Comment on The Federal Shutdown, Budget, and Student Aid by Admin http://studentaidalliance.org/the-federal-shutdown-budget-and-student-aid/#comment-7 Admin Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:41:15 +0000 http://studentaidalliance.org/?p=491#comment-7 Darell and Brittany - Thanks for sharing your comments! Feel free to also post them on our Facebook page @ http://www.facebook.com/studentaidalliance Darell and Brittany – Thanks for sharing your comments! Feel free to also post them on our Facebook page @ http://www.facebook.com/studentaidalliance

]]> Comment on The Federal Shutdown, Budget, and Student Aid by Brittany Miller http://studentaidalliance.org/the-federal-shutdown-budget-and-student-aid/#comment-6 Brittany Miller Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:26:22 +0000 http://studentaidalliance.org/?p=491#comment-6 This would end up being one of the worst things that could happen. If you take away financial aid money, then you need to make it where there is no education needed to have a job. There is no way people can afford going to school when they have a single parent raising them who barely has enough to make it from paycheck to paycheck. This would cause less people to get an education and more problems in the economy. The unemployment rate would rise dramatically because you can't get a job without an education anymore. I believe that if financial aid is taken away, there is no point in having elementary through high school either. If you are going to say get an education, then it needs to be supported and if not then you might as well do away with any education period. Please Do Not Take Away Financial Aid! This would end up being one of the worst things that could happen. If you take away financial aid money, then you need to make it where there is no education needed to have a job. There is no way people can afford going to school when they have a single parent raising them who barely has enough to make it from paycheck to paycheck. This would cause less people to get an education and more problems in the economy. The unemployment rate would rise dramatically because you can’t get a job without an education anymore. I believe that if financial aid is taken away, there is no point in having elementary through high school either. If you are going to say get an education, then it needs to be supported and if not then you might as well do away with any education period. Please Do Not Take Away Financial Aid!

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