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Intro from your spring 2012 JRF blogger
Posted on Jan 31, 2012 by Caroline |
Hi, I’m Caroline and I am excited to be working with JRF this spring as the PR intern. I will be assisting Bentley, JRF’s Development and Marketing Coordinator, in marketing and publicity projects. I will also be blogging for JRF this spring and hopefully sharing informative and interesting posts...
Tagged: intern, caroline, spring 2012
Pell Grants preserved but changed
Posted on Jan 11, 2012 by JRF |
The fear of deep cuts to Pell Grants have been alleviated, but changes to the program will affect between 100k – 150k current recipients. The new criteria includes limiting student eligibility to 12 semesters (down from 18). This is particularly harmful to nontraditional students who often ...
Tagged: pell, budget, nontraditional, students, scholarships
Report reveals rise in number of low-income working families
Posted on Dec 19, 2011 by JRF |
The Working Poor Families Project (WPFP) has been analyzing working families for the past decade. Key Findings for 2010: The number of low-income working families has increased for the past three years and is now at 10.2 million. Nearly 1 in 3 working families in the US is struggling to meet b...
Tagged: wpfp, lowincome, working poor
Program at Davenport Univ. helps students and low-income families
Posted on Nov 21, 2011 by JRF |
“The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program gives Davenport accounting students the opportunity to give back to the community while gaining real world experience that employers are looking for,” said Deb Kiss, Davenport’s Accounting & Finance chair. Students offer free tax preparation ...
Tagged: college, taxes, lowincome, davenport
Education and Occupy Wall Street
Posted on Oct 27, 2011 by JRF |
First, some background from Wikipedia. Occupy Wall Street (OWS) is an ongoing series of demonstrations in New York City based in Zuccotti Park in the Wall Street financial district. They are mainly protesting social and economic inequality, corporate greed, corporate power and influence over gove...
Tagged: education, occupy wall street
