The Mayor's College Fair Provides Tuition Assistance for Washington D.c. Schools

The Mayor's College Fairprovide a structure for students in Washington D.C.
The Mayor's College Fair brings together a variety ofschools seeking guidance about financial aid programs
programs available for the Washington D.C. schoolsand packages available for Washington D.C. students.
and their students preparing for college tuition costs.The D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant Program
This event takes place on September 15, 2006 andOne program that has promised great potential in
provides information about a variety of college tuitionaiding Washington D.C. school graduates pay for
assistantship programs. Students in the Washingtoncollege is the D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant Program
D.C. schools are encouraged to attend the Mayor's(DCTAGP). This program has been going on since
College Fair in order to learn more about the special2000 and provided over $100 million towards the
programs open to them as Washington D.C. students.education costs of DC residents attending college. This
The Mayor's College Fair is being held for the first timeprogram covers the difference between instate and
this year as part of the Washington D.C. schools'out of state tuition, up to $10,000 per year for qualified
effort to coordinate the various assistantships availableapplicants. The grant can be extended over six years
to graduating seniors as well as provide a public forumat any public college or university nationwide. In addition,
for discussing and disseminating this information.there are limited funds available for students attending
Hopefully, this will become an annual event at theprivate colleges in the Washington D.C. area as well as
beginning of each school year as a new class oftwo year community colleges nationwide.
seniors looks forward to the joys and burdens ofThe D.C.
financing a college education. This meeting will hopefully