Describes a seminar for high school students and their parents to increase awareness of financial aid sources and make families active participants in securing an aid package. Speakers from a major university and a local banking institution provided information and answered questions. (JAC)

Discusses ethical problems associated with financial aid counseling including: disseminating financial aid information, advising on independent status, judging students true needs, communicating between high school and college, helping parents and students understand programs, drop in enrollment of lower income students, public/private college…

Argues that creating well-rounded students is not just a matter of increasing educational mandates in each state but that it takes a strong commitment from educators nationwide to instill in their students the values and lessons to be learned from an increasingly multicultural society. (NB)