A financial burden for students
Snoop Dogg said it best back in ‘92, “everybody got they cups but they ain’t chipped in.” The people with their cups not chipping in…
Snoop Dogg said it best back in ‘92, “everybody got they cups but they ain’t chipped in.” The people with their cups not chipping in…
Vinson Pressley, Staff Writer FIU is my home. I love everything about it: the people, the diversity, and the opportunities. But it isn’t perfect….
Philippe Buteau/Editor-in-Chief In spring 2013, a dual enrollment waiver is being applied in a new way, creating a ripple wave effect in student fees. Initial…
Natasha Roque/Contributing Writer FIU has officially hired a new, full-time default prevention coordinator, Gabriela Mendez, to offer students personalized loan counseling to ease their financial…
Aaron Pabon/ Staff Writer What do you do with your Pell Grant money? The University receives grant money from Tallahassee each year, which gets dispersed…
Mariella Roque/ Staff Writer Now that the nationally discussed sequester is no longer an abstract idea, the parties affected have to deal with the fallout,…
Staff writer Junette Reyes discusses the Federal Work Study Program and how underfunding on the part of federal aid, as well as overestimation of funds and underestimation of participating students by the Financial Aid Office, has caused hiring departments to take the burden of providing a share of cost to fund the program.