Word: layoffs
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...where they can afford to go. With enrollment deadlines looming in May, economic uncertainty makes that calculus harder than ever, particularly if a financial-aid package based on a family's circumstances during application time in January now looks woefully inadequate in the wake of a salary cut or layoff. The silver lining? The odds of getting extra aid are good - if you know how to ask for it. (See TIME's special report on paying for college...
...many as half those appeals, financial-aid officers say, are likely to be successful. Families who can document a concrete change in circumstances - such as a layoff or a salary cut - have the best chance. But those who can't need not despair. Some applicants have successfully argued that aid officers overlooked a key piece of their financial picture the first time around, such as the cost of elder care, childcare, medical bills, rent or private secondary-school tuition. Officers also report that they have leeway to adjust aid packages if parents make the case that they are nearing retirement...
...officers likely to adjust offers made to families who are merely anticipating a change in circumstances. What if that looming layoff never materializes? Instead, financial-aid officers recommend waiting until the worst comes true - and then getting in touch. Pronto...
After chants of “They say layoff, we say back off!” and “Si se puede!” subsided, union organizers stepped into the middle of the ring to speak out against layoffs...
...April 17 news article "SLAM Protests Staff Layoff" incorrectly attributed a quotation to "Lutjens." In fact, the quote was from Lela M. Klein, a former Service Employees International Union organizer and a current student at the Law School...