ESTHER CEPEDA: The fear of federal college loans

CHICAGOIf you're not intimately familiar with the terrifying phrase "February is FAFSA time," then you don't have college-age kids. Or you're wealthy enough to be unencumbered by the gut-wrenching process of filling out the dreaded Free Application for Federal Student Aid, the gateway to federal and state

CNSE receives federal grants for nanotechnologies

Federal funding of more than $5 million is being given to the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany for a host of nanotechnology-enabled education and research programs. View the full article HERE .

Containing college tuition hikes is a worthy, necessary goal

President Obama’s State of the Union message must be viewed as an election-year wish list, but one of the nuggets he served up registered loud and clear with the college crowd — essentially, a “Race to the Top” competition for public universities to become more value-conscious on behalf of their students or face a reduction in federal aid.

Reining In College Tuition

When a college education is critical in today’s economy, a national discussion on how to make public institutions more affordable is long overdue.

Maximize financial aid by filling out FAFSA

As of Jan. 1, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, became available for the 2012-13 school year. The FAFSA qualifies students for federal grants, loans and work-study jobs, and serves ...