More tuition aid open to students
Campus sees 2 percent jump in students qualifying for aid
Scott Hansen
Issue date: 2/16/09 Section: Campus News
Sahlhoff hopes the FFWS program and others like it will encourage other private donors to contribute to other programs for students with need-based aid.
"Everybody wins if people have access to higher education," Sahlhoff said. "It, makes good economic … sense to ensure that we make access to higher education affordable."
Sahlhoff said she is seeing strong recognition at the national and state levels that higher education is an important investment in the nation's future. She said she doesn't know what will happen with the next budget cuts, but she feels there is still a lot of support behind increasing the amount of grant money given out, even during budget cuts.
At the institutional level, Sahlhoff said the financial aid office is doing what it can to help everyone who is eligible for aid access every single penny they can.
They encourage everyone to fill out the free, online financial aid application. The application considers adjusted gross income, assets and other information. Once completed, the application goes through a formula and eventually shows what can be given in aid, Sahlhoff said.
"One of the counselors in the office likes to say 'Even Bill Gates' kids,' everybody is eligible for some aid through the federal loan programs," Sahlhoff said. "The mind set in our office is that our job is to help people to get as much of the money that they are eligible for as they can."
"Everybody wins if people have access to higher education," Sahlhoff said. "It, makes good economic … sense to ensure that we make access to higher education affordable."
Sahlhoff said she is seeing strong recognition at the national and state levels that higher education is an important investment in the nation's future. She said she doesn't know what will happen with the next budget cuts, but she feels there is still a lot of support behind increasing the amount of grant money given out, even during budget cuts.
At the institutional level, Sahlhoff said the financial aid office is doing what it can to help everyone who is eligible for aid access every single penny they can.
They encourage everyone to fill out the free, online financial aid application. The application considers adjusted gross income, assets and other information. Once completed, the application goes through a formula and eventually shows what can be given in aid, Sahlhoff said.
"One of the counselors in the office likes to say 'Even Bill Gates' kids,' everybody is eligible for some aid through the federal loan programs," Sahlhoff said. "The mind set in our office is that our job is to help people to get as much of the money that they are eligible for as they can."
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