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Butler establishes Emergency Assistance Fund
The emergency fund was created as a joint effort between the Office of Financial Aid and the Office of Student Affairs.
University announces 3.25 percent tuition increase for 2018-2019 academic year
After an annual university review, the Board of Trustees approved the new rates for the 2018-2019 school year at their October meeting. This is the lowest percentage increase in the past four years.
Financial aid packages tailored to students
As course schedules are filling for next semester, financial aid is always something on the minds of students this time of year. With tuition and room and board increases, most students want as much financial aid as possible. For 2011-12, 28 percent of Butler University’s expense budget was dedicated to financial aid, totaling $47,672,800. The…
Students, financial aid office react to debt plan
President Barack Obama’s recently announced student loan relief plan has Butler University students hoping for change—the kind that doesn’t involve an increase in tuition prices and loan interest rates. More than 80 percent of Butler students receive financial aid, and each year the university awards more than $3.8 million to help meet this need. Even…
Coming up short: The debt ceiling vs. Federal Pell Grants
Recent debt ceiling debates in Congress could have left hundreds of Butler University students $5,550 short in financial aid for the 2011-12 academic year. The childlike debacle that the debt ceiling debate became in Congress this summer was not only tiresome but put college students across the country in a position of possibly having to…