About FinAid
FinAid was established in the fall of 1994 as a public
service. This award-winning site has grown into the most comprehensive source
of student financial aid information, advice and tools -- on or off the web.
Access to FinAid is free for all users and there is no
charge to link to the site.
FinAid has earned a stellar reputation in the educational
community as the best web site of its kind. It's comprehensive, it's informative,
it's objective -- and it's the first stop on the web for students looking for
ways to finance their education.
Every major newspaper and personal finance magazine in
the country has reviewed the site. The New York Daily News called FinAid
"the hottest site on the Internet for financial aid tips." It is
"the best place to begin a search" according to the Chicago
Sun-Times, and "the grand-daddy of all Web sites" according to the
Boston Globe. Yahoo Internet Life said to "make FinAid your first stop. This
site offers some of the best 'how to' guidance on securing financial aid."
The site has won awards from the College Board, the
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, the National
Association of Graduate and Professional Students and the American Institute
for Public Service.
Mark Kantrowitz, Founder
FinAid was created by Mark Kantrowitz, a noted financial
aid and college planning author. Mark was also Publisher of FastWeb, the
largest and most popular free scholarship matching service. Previously, he was
a Research Scientist at Just Research, the US software laboratory for
Justsystem Corporation of Japan. Mark has earned the praise of numerous college
administrators, journalists and students and families for his dedicated work on
the FinAid site; also, not surprisingly, he managed to fund his own schooling
without spending a single cent of his parents' money.
As a nationally-recognized financial aid expert, Mark has
been called to testify before Congress about student aid on several occasions.
He is interviewed regularly by news outlets, including the Wall Street Journal,
New York Times, USA Today, MSN, CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, CNBC, Bloomberg, Money
Magazine, SmartMoney, Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine, US News &
World Report, Newsweek, Bankrate.com, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Chronicle
of Higher Education, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Washington
Post, Reuters and the Associated Press. Mark is on the editorial board of the
Journal of Student Financial Aid, the editorial board of the Council on Law in
Higher Education, the board of trustees of the Center for Excellence in
Education, and the board of directors of the National Scholarship Providers
Association (NSPA). Mark writes the weekly Ask Kantro column for Fastweb as
well as occasional columns for the New York Times, Huffington Post and other
newspapers. He previously was the curator of the Student Loans topics page for
the New York Times.
Mark is the author of five books, including three about
student aid. His most recent books, Secrets to Winning a Scholarship (2011) and
FastWeb College Gold: The Step-by-Step Guide to Paying for College (2006) were
both bestsellers on Amazon.com. He also holds seven patents, with several more
patent applications still pending. More
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