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...much credit as you can. The new tax law includes a $600-per-child tax credit. The Hope Scholarship provides as much as a $1,500 tax credit for college tuition for a student's first two years. After that, with the Lifetime Learning credit, you can claim as much as $1,000 more. If your income exceeds the eligibility limit for these credits, Raasch suggests taking the credit on the tax return of the student, who is likely to be in a lower income tax bracket and may still be eligible...
...these proposed changes were part of a sweeping new border-security bill that passed the House of Representatives but died in the Senate last week. Before Sept. 11, legislation of this kind had been stymied by two powerful lobbies: universities, which rely on tuition from foreign students who could be kept out by the new law, and business, which relies on foreigners for cheap labor. Since the attacks, they've backed off. The bill would have passed this time but for congressional machinations and is expected to be reintroduced and to pass next year...
...When Xiaohong, a 1.52-m law student from Gansu province, decided to submit to the knife, she knew securing a reputable surgeon like Xia would mean fees more than double her entire college tuition. Her father, the only family member who knows about the $12,000 surgery, agreed that it would be an investment in Xiaohong's future. "First impressions are what matters," says Xiaohong, perched on her hospital cot. "People in China will always pick the taller woman, even if the shorter person is more talented." When Xiaohong finishes the six-month exercise and rehab program in Beijing...
GSAS Dean Peter Ellison gave a brief history of the improvements made in the school’s financial aid program since 1998. While the standard full financial aid offer to students in the humanities and social sciences in 1998 included two years of full tuition and two years of a 10-month stipend of roughly $13,000 per year, first-year graduate students this year were offered packages that included five years of full tuition, two years of a stipend totaling $16,200, a summer stipend worth $3,000 and a guarantee of a position as teaching fellow during...
...light of two recent events—the Kennedy School of Government’s announcement that it may raise tuition in order to cover its budget shortfall and reports that first-year graduate students often feel financial pressure to become Teaching Fellows, jobs which should be filled by those with a passion to teach, not a need to earn—it is even more important that the University dedicate itself to meet all its students’ financial needs...