From School Library Journal
Grade 11 Up. For the middle-class family, this guide to Merit and no-need funding separates the resources for which they can compete from the larger category of need-based financial aid. From the introduction, it is clear that the audience addressed here is specifically students who are starting from scratch and looking for programs that award money solely on the basis of academic record, special abilities including athletic success, club membership, religious or ethnic background, parent's military or organization activities, or luck in random drawings. The format is user friendly, and information on financial aid may be located by browsing through sections on general disciplines such as science, social studies, or humanities, with an additional chapter of alphabetical entries for "Any Subject Area." State sources of information on financial aid and student loans and a useful annotated bibliography of financial aid directories and guides are listed. The indexes include residency and tenability as well as subject, title, organization, and a calendar. Remarkably good directions in the introduction not only explain how to use the above but also clarify why a certain index would be more useful than another. This well-designed survey takes some of the confusion out of the process and presents current information. This is the first biennial edition, with the second to be released in early 1998. A portion of Reference Service Press's financial aid database is available through America Online.?Mary H. Cole, Polytechnic Preparatory Country Day School, NY
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
