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2010-11 Greater Tampa / St. Petersburg Education Guide continued from page 82 especially when compared to the private sector schools, and also in comparison with community col-lege workforce training programs. Our schools have access to multi-ple types of financial aid, includ-ing federal, state, and district resources. In 2008-2009, our stu-dents took advantage of over $3 million dollars of financial aid, in-cluding Pell grants, work-study opportunities, and postsecondary Perkins funding. In addition, the Hillsborough Education Founda-tion, through itís INVEST scholar-ship program, was able to assist with lowering, and sometimes eliminating, out-of-pocket ex-penses for those items that were not covered by financial aid. • Housing & Board: Our cam-puses are non-residential. • School Calendar: Our cam-puses offer year round training and classes, with matching school district holidays at Thanksgiving, HIGHER EDUCATION transferable credits that lead to further certification levels at post-secondary institutions in occupa-tional areas such as culinary arts, early childhood education, car-pentry, auto technology, dental assisting, court reporting, and computer repair/networking. staff, and personalized attention. • Physical Location: Lincoln Technical Institute is part of The Lincoln Group of Schools, a grow-ing alliance of career education institutes with over 40 locations in 17 states. Lincoln’s Seminole campus is located at 8800 Park Boulevard, Seminole, FL 33777. • Affiliation: Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES) • Attending Student Body: At Lincoln Tech, we work to cre-ate a welcoming environment and enjoy a diverse student commu-nity featuring members of all ages and backgrounds. • Tuition: All students who apply to Lincoln Tech are given the op-portunity to work one-on-one with Financial Aid staff for help with tuition planning. FA available for those who qualify. continued on page 84 Winter Break, Spring Break, and various other legal holidays. We also offer evening and day pro-grams, full and part time pro-grams, and some of our trainings contain distance-learning mod-ules, which make them appropri-ate for busy adults. • Degrees & Programs: Our programs are based on the Work-force Regionís Targeted Occupa-tions List (TOL) for Region 15, and include only those that offer high-wage, high-challenge and have adequate available employment opportunities. We also offer the opportunity for portable credits through articulation agreements with several colleges in the greater Tampa Bay area. For ex-ample, our Practical Nursing train-ing articulates to HCC in their Registered Nursing program and our Emergency Medical Technician program articulates to HCCís Paramedic program. In addition, there are over 25 other articula-tion agreements that provide Lincoln Technical Institute www.LincolnTech.com • Phone: (800) 878-0653 • Overview: Put your caring na-ture and interests to work with in-teractive, focused healthcare career training at Lincoln Techni-cal Institute. Lincoln offers 65 years of experience supporting students like you in the pursuit of personal and professional goals with convenient class schedules, career placement assistance upon graduation, caring faculty and www.americaseducationguide.com 83

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