[Faith-talk] F.Y.I. Funding Education Beyond High School Audio Highlights

[Linda Mentink]

If you are a college student, you might want to know this.  Thanks to 
Joanne Jordan for sending it, asking for my approval.--Linda Mentink
 From AER listerve:

Summary: Resources for Blind and Visually Impaired Students

  Federal Student Aid has a variety of information resources  available for
blind and visually impaired students enrolling in or  currently enrolled in
education beyond high school.

Funding Education Beyond High School:   Audio Highlights

  Formerly called the Student Aid Audio Guide, this new audio release
introduces students to critical information to consider as they  prepare for
education after high school. In addition,Audio  Highlights introduces them
to other resources (Web sites and  Braille and print publications) that
provide more details relating  to each topic listed in the contents. Audio
Highlights helps  students decide what to study, what school is right for
them, what  to look for-and look out for-in financing their education, what
career choices to make and much more.

 > Audio Highlights begins with a 60 second Public Service Announcement
 > (PSA) that highlights Federal Student Aid's core mission-to ensure
 > that all eligible individuals benefit from financial assistance for
 > education beyond high school and to champion the value of
 > postsecondary education. The PSA points out that each year, Federal
 > Student Aid awards more than $80 billion in grants, work-study and
 > low-interest loans to help finance the dreams of tomorrow's leaders.

  Audio Highlights also provides information on nonfederal sources of  aid.
Students can listen toAudio Highlights online at
www.FederalStudentAid.ed.gov/audio
<file:///\\www.FederalStudentAid.ed.gov\audio> .

  Audio Highlights is available on compact disc. Your school can  order
copies in bulk fromwww.fsapubs.org or your students can order  individual
copies by calling the Federal Student Aid Information  Center (FSAIC)
toll-free at 1-800-433-3243.

  The following federal student aid print publications are available  in
Braille and can be ordered atwww.fsapubs.org or through the FSAIC.

Free Application for Federal Student Aid  (FAFSA) and FAFSA on the Web
Worksheet

  Although the Braille FAFSA cannot be submitted, students can use it  as a
guide when they apply on paper, or they can use the Braille  FAFSA on the
Web Worksheet as a guide when they apply online at  www.fafsa.ed.gov
<file:///\\www.fafsa.ed.gov> .

  Funding Education Beyond High School: The Guide to Federal Student Aid

  This publication is a comprehensive and user-friendly resource on  student
financial aid that can be used at every stage of the  student's financial
aid lifecycle. The guide covers the three major  types of student financial
aid available-grants, loans, and work-  study-and explains how to apply for
them. The Guide also includes  sources of nonfederal aid.



Meg Robertson COMS
Massachusetts Commission for the Blind
Orientation & Mobility Department
48 Boylston St., Boston MA 02116-4718
617-626-7581                 Meg.Robertson at state.ma.us