Fastweb
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Fastweb is an online scholarship matching and college search service. Founded by entrepreneur Larry Organ[1] in 1995, Fastweb is an acronym for "financial aid search through the web". In 2001, Monster Worldwide, which also owns other websites such as FinAid.org and Military.com, announced that it had acquired Fastweb in an effort to reach into higher education oriented sites.[2]
Reception
Though sometimes touted among lists of scholarship search tools,[3] Fastweb has received mixed to negative reviews from NAAS Consumer News[4] and from multiple other reviewers[5] such as CBS News MoneyWatch for showing students lots of ads while using the website, and generating "zero promising matches for users".[6]
References
- ^ "About Us". Fastweb.
- ^ Carlson, Scott (July 27, 2001). "Big Online Job Service Acquires Website on College Admissions". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
- ^ "CBS News Reporter Debunks Myth of FastWeb Scholarship Search Services, and other prime Scholarship Search Services". NAAS-News. October 13, 2013.
- ^ "Fastweb.com reviews: Is Fastweb.Com a legitimate search service?". NAAS.org Consumer News. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
- ^ "CBS News Reporter Debunks Myth of FastWeb Scholarship Search Services, and other prime Scholarship Search Services". NAAS-News. October 13, 2013.
- ^ "Do college scholarship search engines work?". CBS News Money Watch. October 8, 2013.
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