Grants
Types of Financial Aid
Fun Facts
Loans
Acronyms
100

Grant: does not have to be repaid.

Federal Pell Grant

100

List four types of financial aid.

Scholarships

Grants

Loans

Federal Work-Study

Veterans Benefits

100

Who founded the U.S. Department of Education?

OR

When was the U.S. Department of Education founded?

Jimmy Carter

OR

October 17, 1979

100

This is the most common student loan program for funding undergraduate and graduate education.

The Federal Direct Stafford Loan

100

FAFSA

Free Application for Federal Student Aid

200

For undergraduates with exceptional financial need; Federal Pell Grant recipients take priority; funds depend on availability at school.

Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant

200

For undergraduate and graduate students; part-time jobs can be on campus or off campus. Money is earned while attending school.

Work-Study

200

When was the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) created?

OR

Who signed it into law?

August 21, 1974, with an effective date of November 19, 1974

OR

President Ford

200

Based on the borrower's credit worthiness

Parent PLUS loans

200

SAR

Student Aid Report

300

For undergraduates with financial need who have not earned bachelor's or professional degrees; in some cases, a student enrolled in a post baccalaureate teacher certification program may also receive this.

Federal Pell Grant

300

"Gift money" that is awarded on the basis of academic achievement or a combination of academic performance and financial need.

Scholarships

300

Who created the first financial aid need analysis formula in 1953?

John Monro of Harvard University

300

Name 3 types of Loans.

Direct Subsidized Loan

Direct Unsubsidized Loan

Direct PLUS Loan

Federal Perkins Loan

300

EFC

Expected Family Contribution

400

This Grant does not have to be repaid unless converted to a Direct Unsubsidized Loan for failure to carry out teaching service obligation as promised.

Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant

400

"Gift money" from federal, state and university funds that are awarded based on financial need.

Grants.

400

Pell Grant is named after what person?

U.S. Senator Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island

400

Informs you of your rights and responsibilities regarding the repayment process as well as; Terms of the Loan, Repayment Options, Deferment and Forbearance, Loan Forgiveness Programs and the danger of default and how to prevent it from happening.

Exit Counseling

400

MPN

Master Promissory Note

500

Name all 4 types of Grants that are offered.

Federal Pell

Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity (FSEOG)

Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH)

Iraq and Afghanistan Service

500

Money one can borrow from federal loan programs and outside lenders.

Loans

500

Name the person who established the first scholarship ever at Harvard University.

OR

Name the date that the first scholarship was established.

Lady Anne Radcliffe Mowlson

OR

1643

500

You must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, not have previous defaults on a federal loan, be enrolled or plan to enroll at least half-time, and maintain satisfactory academic progress, in order to be eligible for this Loan.

The Federal Direct Stafford Loan

500

WIOA

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

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