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- Paying for College: Evaluating Your Financial Aid Package - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2011 from Jeff MictaborProspective college students who have filled out their applications for federal student aid (the application known as the FAFSA) should now be receiving information about their financial aid packages for the upcoming school year. College financial aid packages usually contain a combination of ...
Views: 1219 - Community Colleges and the Dangers of Student Loan Debt - by Submitted on Apr 07, 2011 from Jeff MictaborFor high school students who are on the hunt for ways to reduce the cost of a college education, your local community college may look like a way to keep your expenses down and avoid the crush of debt from school loans. In fact, many financial advisers recommend that, if you’re a ...
Views: 1662 - Keeping Tabs on Your Federal Student Loans: Using the NSLDS - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2011 from Jeff MictaborFor the majority of students, college loans are part of the reality of higher education. Two-thirds of bachelor’s degree students who graduated in 2007–08 left college with debt from school loans, and their average student loan debt load was $23,186, according to FinAid.org. Keeping track of ...
Views: 2089 - Paying for College: Using Employment Prospects to Drive Decisions - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2011 from Jeff MictaborFor college students who are approaching graduation, the employment picture may be looking slightly better than it has in the past couple of years, as the country slowly recovers from the Great Recession. This recovery doesn’t mean, however, that job prospects are rosy; it just means that new ...
Views: 1182 - Consumer Law Report Blasts For-Profit Colleges for Private-Label Student Loans - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2011 from Jeff MictaborA new report issued in January by the National Consumer Law Center accuses for-profit colleges of saddling their students with unregulated private-label student loans that force these students into high interest rates, excessive debt, and predatory lending terms that make it difficult for these ...
Views: 1527 - Student Loan Default Rates on the Rise - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2011 from Jeff MictaborUpdated statistics released by the U.S. Department of Education show that student loan defaults are rising. According to the latest figures, the default rate for federal student loans that entered repayment in 2008 is 13.8 percent, up 2 percent from the default rate for federal ...
Views: 1277(1 vote) - Does Parents’ Divorce Translate Into More Student Loan Debt? - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2011 from Jeff MictaborA study conducted by researchers at Rice University and the University of Wisconsin and published in the December 2010 issue of the Journal of Family Issues concludes that college students whose parents are divorced or remarried receive less financial support from their parents than do students ...
Views: 1516 - Health Workers to Get Help With Student Loan Debt - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2010 from Jeff MictaborThe National Health Service Corps is accepting applications from primary medical care professionals who are willing to work in underserved areas in exchange for a reduction in their student loan debt. Through the NHSC student loan repayment program, you can receive up to $60,000 toward the ...
Views: 1372(1 vote) - Student Loan Debt Highest Among Middle-Income Students - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2010 from Jeff MictaborAccording to a new report issued by the College Board, students from families whose median annual income falls between $60,000 and $90,000 leave school owing about $35,000 in student loans, compared to students from lower-income families, who graduate with about $25,000 in student loan ...
Views: 1477(3 votes) - Student Loan Debt on the Rise - by Submitted on Oct 28, 2010 from Jeff MictaborThe Project on Student Debt, an initiative sponsored by the Institute for College Access & Success (ICAS), has released its fifth annual report on the extent of student loan debt in the United States. The report examines student loan debt nationwide and on a state-by-state basis. According to ...
Views: 1596(3 votes) - Can’t Afford to Pay a Parent Loan? You Might Get One Anyway. - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2010 from Jeff MictaborThe U.S. Department of Education issues federal parent loans — known as PLUS loans, for parents of undergraduate students — designed to help families pay for college. PLUS loans, like federal student loans, are fixed-rate college loans. They carry a slightly higher interest rate ...
Views: 1387(3 votes) - ‘The Year Of The Youth Vote’: McCain And Obama Work To Attract Young Voters - by Submitted on Sep 05, 2008 from Jeff MictaborStudent Voters Look to Candidates for Answers to Crisis in Student Loans and College Affordability With problems growing in the student loan industry, spurred both by an ongoing credit crunch with its roots in the subprime mortgage crisis and by congressional legislation that cut subsidies to ...
Views: 2116(1 vote) - Max Out Your Financial Aid: Get Your FAFSA Done Early - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2008 from Jeff MictaborSeveral schools are seeing a record-breaking number of college applications this year, The New York Times reported today, with the competition for open spots more fierce than ever. An increased demand for admission can mean increased demand for financial aid, so if you need money from grants and ...
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