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now. - for to Federal allocations MSC financial aid have kept pace with last vear. said MSC finincial aid Lvdia Vasouez. 'J-dire6tor - But incrbased enrbilment could lead to financial aid shortaees Vasquez cautioned. "We pionearlv unscathed
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babfy won't havo enough to fund everyone. Two MSC alloeations suffered ideclines, The Pell Grant (formerly the Basic Education Opportfunity Grant or BEOG) droplped bv two dollan a semest6r oef 3tudirnt, but acrording to 9asquez any future Pell Gr-ant incre-ases 'istill won't compensate for the increased cost of fuition." . National Direct Student Loan alloeations "went down quite a sum," Vasquez said bul was unable to es6mate the number of affected. "I can't tell you lptudents - at this point." Vasquez said. Most- of lhe esdmated 4.000 students awarded financial' aid recvive a package of aid-loans, prants and-work-itudv makins
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allocations for Pell grants have inmonev creased $10 ner seriester for maxproblem. We don't have enough imum eligible students but that, Ior the totd (MSC applicants)-," she warne?. onlv keeps pacr with she said. "I'll iry.to kaip it goiig UCD tuitibn increis*. other as long as I can,-allocations, Miller said, 'held Ellie Miller. financial aid direc- 'even." tor for UCD said "it's going to be One savinq grace has been a difficult to predict" the affect of sham increas-e'in available Colthe Reaean freeze on financial aid orado Scholars monev. The Colfundinel orado Commission 'on Higher Currlntly, Miller said, UCD Education (CCHE) upped MSC's
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Colorado Scholar money from $67,000 last year to $275,000 this year. Vasquez said. Anolicants inusi apply through thti department of their academic maior. UCD, too, has received asharp increase Colorado Scholars moneyr from last year's $29,000 to thf year's $102,000. Lindsay Winsor. associate executive director for student and
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financial affairs for the CCHE beliwes, "the cuts are important, but they aren't devastating at the
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bv and laree w:e'll do the same as ldst vear."fu for the future. Winsor iays. "We don't know the impact 6n' Colorado students."
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tlrces of aid mon'ev. "Grants mav b'eieplaced with rn6re work study which around classes," sh-e said. "Work studv is a qood way to finance higher'educafion,"
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Will the CCHE be askins for more money when the bidset cranla up in lanuarv? 'Drocess "Colorado is pret[v advinced in recognizins tlie im-po*ance of state aid," Winsor saiil, "We anticipate the state will continue to 'protve itself open,to considering '*blu"ittg fed#ril'fu nds. "