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Funding For Your GraduateEducation

Cynthia Mitchell, MPAAlumni Associate, Advancement Division,

California Institute of Integral Studies

cmitchell@ciis.eduwww.ciis.edu

mailto:cmitchell@ciis.eduhttp://www.ciis.edu/http://www.ciis.edu/mailto:cmitchell@ciis.edu

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Grad School: How do I become

master of my own domain?

Not as many options asundergraduate funding

Where do I go to findthe best deal & fit?Fees?

Who is going to pay forit? Are there programsthat will help?

How do I performquality Web Researchfor resources?

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Several Costly Fees Associated

with Graduate School

Testing fees for GMAT, GRE, LSAT,MCAT etc

Admission Application Fee Transcripts

Tuition & Registration

Books

Room, Board, Transportation

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More about Application Fees

$75 -$125 application fees are notuncommon

It is a hardship to apply for more than one

school

Use fee waivers (testing, application)

Eligibility varies due to group affiliation orneed (as defined by US Dept. of Education)

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How to get fees paid?

Programs Project 1000:

http://mati.eas.asu.edu:8421/p1000/

GRE Fee waiver issometimes accepted foradmission applicationfee waiver as well Besure to ask

Check EOPS offices,,Individual Financial AidOffices for forms andeligibility

http://mati.eas.asu.edu:8421/p1000/http://mati.eas.asu.edu:8421/p1000/http://mati.eas.asu.edu:8421/p1000/http://mati.eas.asu.edu:8421/p1000/http://mati.eas.asu.edu:8421/p1000/

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How to get fees paid?

Programs Cont. Teaching Assistantships:

Grade papers, teach, officehours May receive grant orstipend. Check with Fin. Aid& Program Faculty

Research Assistantships:Perform research for faculty

Ronald McNair Post

Baccalaureate AchievementProgram

University-specificgrants, scholarships,fellowships, and loans

Institute for theRecruitment ofTeachers (IRT)

Please remember tocomplete the FAFSA

form(www.fafsa.ed.gov)

http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/

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By Any Means Necessary:

Organize your Desktop

Push Technology: Use RSS Feeds to narrow your

search (e.g. Google Alerts)

Save your bookmarks by using Chipmark, Backflip,

Del.icio.us Be efficient by saving whole web pages using eSnips or

Furl.net

Customizing your browsers and search engines

Use Boolean Logic to narrow your internet search. Usesyntax cheat sheets available on Yahoo(http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/search/basics/basics-08.html) and Google

(http://www.google.com/help/cheatsheet.html )

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/search/basics/basics-08.htmlhttp://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/search/basics/basics-08.htmlhttp://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/search/basics/basics-08.htmlhttp://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/search/basics/basics-08.htmlhttp://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/search/basics/basics-08.htmlhttp://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/search/basics/basics-08.htmlhttp://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/search/basics/basics-08.html

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Do your Internet Research By

Any Means Necessary

Use more than one search tool (there ismore to life than Google and Yahoo)

Internet Prospector Reference Desk

Online Public LibrariesGet a card!

Just Grants Ohio Research Fellowships &Call to Papers, Not just for Ohio!

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Do your Internet Research By

Any Means Necessary

Free Scholarship Search Websites www.Grantsnet.com

www.BrokeScholar.com

www. collegedata.com www.srnexpress.com

www.scholarsite.com www.collegenet.com/mach25

www.fastweb.com

http://www.srnexpress.com/http://www.scholarsite.com/http://www.collegenet.com/mach25http://www.fastweb.com/http://www.fastweb.com/http://www.collegenet.com/mach25http://www.scholarsite.com/http://www.srnexpress.com/

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Do your Internet Research By

Any Means Necessary

Ask your present schools librarian ifthey a subscription to the followingfunding databases: COS: Community of Science IRIS: Illinois Researcher Information

Service

SPIN: Sponsored Programs InformationNetwork

RSP Funding for Graduate Students

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Check for scholarship web pages atbigger schools. Some scholarshipinformation may not be limited to that

institution. Use websites such as:

University of North Carolina

UC Los Angeles University of Michigan

University of Texas at San Antonio

Do your Internet Research

By Any Means Necessary

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Check if you qualify for Federal

Assistance for the Working Poor

GA: General Assistance WIC: Supplemental Food Program for

Women, Infants, and Children

EIC: Earned Income Credit

Food Stamps

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Look for Employer Funding

Some jobs will pay for an employee tocontinue their education.

Check with the Human Resources

Benefits Representative: Key wordTuition Remission (Bewaremay betaxable in some Congressional Years)

Check with Federal jobs, Fortune 500,and Unified School Districts

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The End

Any Questions??????