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Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters Un problema técnico está impidiendo que los estudiantes que son ciudadanos estadounidenses (pero cuyos padres no lo son) completen sus solicitudes de ayuda financiera federal, y el problema está causando pánico en California. Para muchos de estos solicitantes de universidades, es una crisis que no sólo...
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Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters A technical glitch is blocking students who are U.S. citizens — but whose parents aren’t — from completing their federal financial aid applications, and the problem is causing panic in California. For many of these college applicants, it’s a crisis not only preventing them from applying...
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Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters Cada año, más de 35.000 estudiantes indocumentados que sueñan con obtener un título universitario en California solicitan el programa de ayuda financiera del estado, el Cal Grant, pero sólo alrededor de un tercio lo reciben. Sin acceso a ayuda financiera federal y pocas oportunidades laborales, perder...
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Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters Each year more than 35,000 undocumented students with dreams of earning a college degree in California apply for the state’s marquee financial aid program, the Cal Grant — but only about a third receive it. With no access to federal financial aid and few work opportunities, losing out on state dollars...
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Arturo Hilario El Observador Durante la epidemia de COVID, fue evidente que entre el virus mortal, el descontento social y la incertidumbre general, también se estaba produciendo una enorme desigualdad económica. Los ricos podían seguir volviéndose más ricos, mientras que los que estaban al margen solo podían mirar, perder...
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Arturo Hilario El Observador Through the COVID epidemic, it was evident that among the deadly virus, social unrest and general uncertainty, there was also a huge economic inequality occurring. The wealthy could continue to get wealthier, while those on the sidelines could only look on, losing work, family and...
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Experts said one in 10 older Americans experiences abuse, neglect or exploitation, and the fastest-growing category is financial abuse. Rob Bonta, Attorney General, spoke out for World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, observed on Thursday June 15, warning scammers are increasingly effective at separating people from their money. Total losses from...
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Carmen González CalMatters Cuando Deysi Mojica recibió su aceptación en UC Riverside, estaba emocionada. No solo había superado la falta de recursos de su escuela secundaria para ayudar a los estudiantes indocumentados como ella a postularse para la universidad, sino que la universidad estaba ofreciendo un paquete de ayuda...
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Carmen González CalMatters When Deysi Mojica received her acceptance to UC Riverside, she was excited. Not only had she overcome her high school’s lack of resources to help undocumented students like herself apply to college, but the university was offering a financial aid package that would make her college...