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Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters Fewer California high school seniors are completing federal financial aid applications than in past years, which some analysts say is a sign that students may fear the Trump administration will use their sensitive data for immigration enforcement. The number of seniors completing the Free Application for...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service Los datos estatales reportados por primera vez por EdSource muestran que los estafadores han robado más de $7.5 millones en ayuda financiera para estudiantes de los colegios comunitarios de California en lo que va del año. El robo representa menos de una décima parte del porcentaje...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service State data first reported by EdSource show that fraudsters have stolen more than $7.5 million in student financial aid from California community colleges so far this year. The theft amounts to less than one-tenth of 1% of student aid awarded in the Golden State. Victor DeVore,...
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Durante el Mes Nacional de la Herencia Hispanoamericana, los expertos financieros se pronuncian para ayudar a las familias latinas a generar riqueza. Los datos federales muestran que más de una cuarta parte de los consumidores latinos en Estados Unidos no tienen historial crediticio reciente, lo que los hace “crédito...
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During National Hispanic American Heritage Month, financial experts are speaking out to help Latino families build wealth. Federal data show that more than a quarter of Latino consumers in the U.S. have no recent credit history, making them “credit invisible” and unlikely to qualify for a loan. Jorge Lopez Colunga,...
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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...