Financial Aid

Enrollment Scam Robs Contra Costa College Of Financial Aid Money

Once the students picked up their financial aid checks, they managed to either stop enrollment or withdrew from class without the college realizing it, and pocketed nearly $3,000 each.

2013/04/15

California Students Fail To Claim Millions In Financial Aid

Millions of dollars in financial aid is being unclaimed by California low-income students qualified for college.

2013/03/01

Cal Grant Eligibility Rules Put Squeeze On For-Profit Colleges

A state report examining Cal Grant’s new eligibility standards says the tighter rules have disqualified 80 percent of California’s for-profit colleges from the financial aid program.

2013/01/07

ConsumerWatch: Thousands Of California Students Losing Aid Money

California’s move to tighten eligibility requirements for its Cal Grant program will eliminate or reduce awards to 14,500 students, most of them enrolled in for-profit colleges such as the University of Phoenix, the California Student Aid Commission announced Tuesday.

2012/08/02

Former Recruiters Claim Fraud At Academy Of Art In San Francisco

Four former recruiters at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco are accusing school officials of using an illegal compensation plan to cheat the federal government out of millions of dollars in financial aid.

2012/07/14

SF State Petition Spurs CSU To Reverse Cuts To Graduate Student Grants

Less than a week after Chancellor Charles Reed ordered that $90 million of financial aid be reallocated from tuition grants, abruptly eliminating a vital source of support for 20,000 grad students at all 23 CSU campuses, university officials announced the grant program had been saved.

2012/04/19