contact The Professional Student Exchange
Program, Western Interstate Commission
for Higher Education, PO Box 9752, Boulder, CO
80301-9752.
Southern Regional Education Board
(SREB)
Students who are residents of southern states
(Alabama, Arkansas, North Carolina, and
Tennessee) some of which do not have dental
schools, are eligible to participate in
SREB's Regional Contract Program. Each home
state contributes a fixed fee, while the
student pays the resident's tuition at a public
school and receives a reduction in tuition
at a private school. For more information
contact: Ann H. Creech, Southern Regional
Education Board, 592 Tenth Street NW, Atlanta,
GA 30318-5790, Phone: (404) 875-
9211.
United Student Aid Funds
This fund endorses loans up to $5,000 per year
for a total of $15,000 for all guaranteed
loan programs. Repayment begins ten months
after leaving school, with interest not
exceeding 7%. For additional information
contact: USA Funds Endorsement Center,
1100 USA Parkway, Fishers, IN
46038.
Two restricted sources of financial aid
are:
American Fund for Dental Health Minority
Scholarship Program
This program provides recipients with
scholarships of up to $2,000 per year for the first
two years of dental school. One must be
accepted by a dental school and be a member
of an underrepresented minority
(African-American, Native American, Mexican-
American, or Puerto Rican) to apply. For
information contact: American Fund for
Dental Health, 211 East Chicago Avenue, Suite
1630, Chicago, IL 60611.
Dentistry Canada Fund
This program provides information concerning
scholarships and loans. For information
contact: Dentistry Canada Fund, 1815 Promenade
Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa, ON,
Canada, K1G 3Y6.
Financial aid on a state level is also
available for some state residents. These
sources are listed below by state:
Indiana
Student Loan Fund Program
Indiana Dental Association
PO Box 2467
Indianapolis, IN 46202-2467
Kansas
Loan Fund
Kansas State Dental Auxiliary
School of Dentistry
University of Missouri at Kansas
City
Kansas City, MO 64108
Louisiana
Dental Student Loan Fund
Women's Auxiliary to the Louisiana Dental
Association
10 Stilt Street
New Orleans, LA 70124
Minnesota
Student Loan Fund
Minnesota State Dental Association
2236 Marshall Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55104
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