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MARK KANTROWITZ |
Mark Kantrowitz
Publisher
FinAid Page, L.L.C.
PO Box 2056
Cranberry Township, PA 16066-1056 USA
Director of Advanced Projects
FastWeb Inc.
President
MK Consulting, Inc.
PO Box 2056
Cranberry Township, PA 16066-1056 USA
+1-724-538-4500
+1-724-538-4502 fax
Web Sites
- FinAid
- FastWeb Scholarships
- FastWeb College Gold
- EduPASS
- Optimal Diagnostics
- Air Traveler's Handbook
- Unclaimed Property Page
- A Pinch of Pittsburgh
- Kosher Chocolate
- Kosher Cookbooks
- Australian Aboriginal Art
- Celestial Blue Peterbald Cattery
- CMU AI Repository
- Polymath Park
Frank Lloyd Wright's
Duncan House
and the Architecture
of Peter Berndtson
- Testicular Cancer
- CancerPoints
- BRCA
Breast Cancer Genes
Biography
Mark Kantrowitz is President of MK Consulting Inc. and Publisher of the FinAid and FastWeb web sites owned by Monster Worldwide. He is ABD on a PhD in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). He has Bachelor of Science degrees in mathematics and philosophy from MIT and a Master of Science degree in computer science from CMU. Mark is also an alumnus of the Research Science Institute program established by Admiral H. G. Rickover. He has previously been employed at Just Research, the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, the Center for Excellence in Education, Bitstream Inc., and the Planning Research Corporation.
Mark has testified 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, Consumer Reports, 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 Council on Law in Higher Education and the editorial advisory board of Bottom Line/Wealth (a Boardroom, Inc. publication) and is the Student Loan Guru for FiLife.com (a Dow Jones property).
Notable Honors
and Awards
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Jefferson Medal American Institute for Public Service |
Special Award College Board |
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Meritorious Achievement Award National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators |
President's Award National Association of Graduate and Professional Students |
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Graduate Fellowship National Science Foundation |
Research Fellowship Grant Hertz Foundation |
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Karl Taylor Compton Prize Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
William L. Stewart Jr. Award Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Courant Institute Prize for Mathematical Talent |
7th Place Scholarship Winner Westinghouse Science Talent Search |
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Four-year First Award Winner Massachusetts State Science Fair |
Rank of 10 USA Mathematical Olympiad |
Mark is a full member of the Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, the Phi Kappa Phi honor society, and a national member of the Alpha Epsilon Lambda honor society of graduate and professional students.
Activities
Mark is the author of four books, including two about student
financial aid. His most recent book,
FastWeb College Gold
