Illinois Financial Aid Drying Up Quickly During Budget Crisis - Huffpost

The bleak economic picture in Illinois has more college students racing for financial aid from a grant program whose funding may not hold up. Over 180,000 students filled out financial aid applications in January and February, a 21 percent increase from the same period last year. Of those, 81,000 were found eligible for Illinois Monetary Award Program (MAP) grants, the Chicago Sun-Times reports--an 18 percent increase over the last year.