If we are going to categorize the kinds of college scholarship programs available today, we can only sum they up into 2: college scholarship programs that are given by colleges and universities and college scholarship programs that are given by institutions or groups.

College Scholarship Programs from Colleges and Universities

There are 3 common types of college scholarship programs given by colleges and universities:

· Academic scholarship

· Athletic scholarship

· Departmental scholarship

Academic scholarship is probably the most popular type of scholarship given by schools. This type of scholarship are given to students who either have performed well during their high school or have applied and passed for academic scholarship.

Athletic scholarship, another popular type of scholarship is given to those with exceptional talents in sports. But, this type of scholarship is not limited to athletes. There are students who are artists and stage performers. They can acquire this type of scholarship as well. Some schools have other names given to this.

Departmental scholarship is another type of college scholarship given by colleges and universities. This has two purposes: to attract students to enroll at the department and to keep good students from transferring to another department

College Scholarship Programs from institutions or groups.

Meanwhile, there are other scholarships given by institutions and other cause oriented groups. These are:

· Corporations
· Religious groups
· Unions
· Associations
· Individuals
· Employers

Some corporations provide free college education to those who pass their requirements. Usually, corporations that offer scholarship programs are those who are willing to employ their scholars to work with them after they finish their degree.

Religious groups have been very active in giving their underprivileged members the chance to study and finish college education. These religious groups have funds allocated to their scholars.

Unions can provide college scholarships to the children of their members.

If you browse the internet and look for scholarship providers, you can find that there are sites that focus on giving students their chance to study for free. They are associations that exist to do this purpose.

Many individuals are opening their doors to those students who want to study and finish a degree. These individuals could be found online or offline. They could be one of your neighbors. They could be persons that could be found on the internet that solicit money from other individuals and then give the donations to students in need.

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WASHINGTON (CNN) — One of the great headaches of the American dream is about to get less painful.

Millions of parents and students will have much shorter federal applications for financial aid to pay for college. The form, known as FAFSA, is infamous for its detail and is considered by critics to be more painful and complex than a tax return.

The Department of Education plans to unveil a shorter FAFSA on Wednesday, cutting out more than a quarter of the questions and slashing the online version from 30 screens down to just 10.

And in a partnership with the Internal Revenue Service, many families will be able to automatically download their tax data into online FAFSA forms starting in January.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan is expected to announce those changes for the 2010-2011 school year at the daily White House briefing Wednesday, along with a proposal for Congress to cut even more bulk from the FAFSA .

In a statement obtained by CNN Radio, the Obama appointee linked the slash in paperwork to the administration’s economic push.

“We have to educate our way to a better economy,” Duncan said. “Young people and adult learners deserve the chance to go to college and to know the money they need is available.”

The changes to the FAFSA are often commonsense, dropping obscure specifics that affect few students’ status, such as “special combat pay.”
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