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American fathers can now fulfill their educational dreams that had to be stalled due to various personal, financial, social and family-related reasons. President Obama has designed a scholarship plan specifically for fathers to help them complete their post secondary education. This scholarship is provisioned in the Federal Pell Grant.Obama being a father realizes that the ratio of fathers in the set of those deprived from higher education is very high as fathers often have to sacrifice their educational dreams for varying responsibilities. For such fathers who wish to go back to school but find them short of money, this scholarship plan comes as a once in a lifetime opportunity that they must hold on to.The grant Obama is providing is $10,000 per year or $5100 per semester for up to 18 semesters or its equivalent time frame. This scholarship amount usually covers student's tuition fees, expenditures on books and other daily expenses incurred during education. This scholarship is awarded to fathers once they enroll for any higher education at any participating institute and apply to the government with their age and nationality proof. Obama's scholarship plan is not limited to regular courses only; it also covers online and part-time courses ... [more..]

The Federal Work Study Program (FWS), is a federally-funded program designed and set-up in order to help eligible students with the cost of their post-secondary education. The Federal Work Study Program assists students in the earning of funding via a part-time working program. The funds from the program may be used by the student at any of the 3,400 college institutions across the US that are participants in the scheme.The FWS program used to be called the College Work-Study Program, and the program, like many often federal grant programs, is based upon a student's financial need, and students must apply and meet various criteria in order to qualify for an award. Students deemed eligible for an award will join work programs organised through their colleges in order to earn money necessary for their tuition and extra college expenses. There are a range of different jobs that qualify for the scheme, and students will receive federal minimum wage-at the very least-for the complete duration of their employment on a work placement under the program.The FWS scheme is set up to make sure that only those college students most in need of funds get the jobs offered by the scheme. The jobs ... [more..]