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January 18, 2008 @ Financial Aid Podcast Daily Free Internet Radio On Demand from financialaidpodcast@gmail.com (Christopher S. Penn )

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Student Financial Aid News
+ Happy 39th anniversary to my parents
+ The Financial Aid Podcast January Newsletter shipped yesterday - if you’d like a copy and didn’t receive one, please email me! In this issue are three free eBooks, our $10,000 scholarship, and more.
+ Chronicle: Educational endowments posted an average 16.9-percent return on their investments in the 2007 fiscal year, up from 10.6 percent in the previous year. They were the strongest results since 2000, according to a survey released on Thursday.
+ The average spending rate of endowments was 4.4 percent—a decrease of 0.1 percent from the 2006 fiscal year—but for those endowments that increased spending, the actual dollar amount spent rose by an average of 18.5 percent, Mr. Jarvis said.
+ Inside Higher Ed: In a twist on the debate over extending in-state tuition rates to undocumented students, a Colorado state senator is sponsoring legislation that would end the state’s requirement that parents meet residency requirements. The Denver Post reports that in addition to creating difficulties for homeless and foster children, the parental residency requirement has rendered students born in the United States to parents present in the country illegally ineligible for in-state rates.

Scholarship Update
+ Dr. Mary Tabacchi Scholarship
+ The ISPA Foundation’s Mary Tabacchi Scholarship will be awarded to an undergraduate student who has completed at least one-year of college and is seeking a spa-related degree with a demonstrated interest in spa management. The recipient will receive $2,500 USD to offset their education expenses, as well as registration, airfare and hotel accommodations to attend the ISPA Conference & Expo or ISPA Asia-Pacific Conference.
+ 2.75 GPA
+ Essays, references, transcripts
+ $2,500
+ March 1 deadline
+ Details at our free college scholarship search site

Free Stuff Friday
+ EveryStockPhoto
+ The Flickr Commons
+ Flickr Uploader
+ Qik video streaming from your phone
+ Namexif for Windows photo date renamer
+ Google Maps now shows gas prices
+ Target Disk Mode for the Mac
+ In one week, NAPFA teams up with Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine to offer “Jump-Start Your Retirement Plan Days” on January 25th. 888-919-2345

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