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Grants and Free Money for College Online
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By GetEducated.com Consumer Reporting Team  |  December 04, 2009   
 
Student With MoneyCollege costs are rising rapidly, whether for distance learning or on-campus study. The best way to slash your tuition bill is to search for free college money in the form of grants.

Educational grants are one-time awards of money, based on merit or financial need. Unlike student loans, grants represent free money that never needs to be paid back. Grants are the best type of financial aid for both residential and online students.

You can get grants from the federal government, state government, your college, and a variety of private sources, such as trade and professional associations.
Where can you get free money for college? Find out here.
 
Alabama Teen Wins Scholarship from GetEducated.com to Attend College Online
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A Megan McConnellhigh-school student who also is enrolled in college is GetEducated.com's newest distance education scholarship winner.

Megan McConnell, 17, of Montgomery, AL, hopes to become a sign language interpreter for deaf schoolchildren. She is taking online college classes through Troy University's new Accelerate program, while finishing her senior year of high school at Prattville Christian Academy.

Megan has been awarded a $1,000 GetEducated.com Excellence in Online Education Scholarship for her academic work and extracurricular activities. She is working toward her bachelor's degree in interpreter training at Troy, an Alabama-based school which offers both on-campus and online degree programs.
Why did Megan choose sign language interpreting as a career? Read the rest of her story.
 
Illinois Arts Center Events Director is Newest GetEducated Scholarship Winner
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Nicholas Zazal wNicholas Zazal, GetEducated Online Scholarship Winner 2009orks at the University of Illinois campus in Urbana-Champaign, but is earning his master's degree from the school's online division—even though the same degree is offered on campus, minutes from his office.

The reason? As with many online college students, Zazal's work schedule doesn't allow him to attend classes on his school's timetable. Instead, he has opted for the flexibility offered by distance learning.

Zazal, 26, is GetEducated.com's latest $1,000 "Excellence in Online Education" scholarship winner.
Learn more about Nick Zazal and the GetEducated Online Education Scholarship Program
 
GetEducated.com Online Education Scholarships for Core4Women Members
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Core4Women logoCore4Women is a new online community that matches women who want to earn their degrees online with women who are experts in distance learning.

Gail Weatherly, distance education coordinator at Stephen F. Austin State University in Texas, started the group on the Ning social networking site as part of a pilot project. The first members were low-income single mothers living in a group home in Texas, who wanted to use online education to help become self-sufficient.

Later, the online community widened its reach to include military personnel and spouses. In July 2009, the group opened to the general public.

GetEducated.com is offering its support to Core4Women through four, $1,000 online education scholarships to be awarded to "mentees" in the community. Recipients must be taking at least half their courses online to be eligible.

Deadline to apply for the 2010 scholarships is March 15, 2010. An application form is available at Core4Women.org.
Learn more about GetEducated's Core4Women scholarships
 
Free Online Master's Degrees for Texas Middle-School Teachers
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If you're a Texas middle-school math or science teacher, you may be eligible for a free online master's degree from the University of Houston. The school is offering its new, "Integrated Science, Math and Reflective Thinking"—or "iSMART"—online graduate program to an initial group of 25 teachers, starting next year.
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