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Daniel Barkowitz | July 27, 2006

"The Mighty MITES Talk About the Myths and Realities of Financial Aid"

Hey all!

So, for today's entry I thought I would offer you a copy of the presentation which I am presenting to the MITES group today.

Below you'll find my presentation focusing on the Top Ten Myths and Realities about the Financial Aid Process (some of which have previous entries here on the blog.

Here is a link to open the presentation in a new window.

The author has filed this entry in the "Financial Aid" section; check it out for further reading on this topic.

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