How Much Student-Loan Debt Is Too Much? Posted: 27 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT "It used to be that Americans had too much debt. Now they don't have enough. The Wall Street Journal reported over the weekend that 'household thrift' is a key reason the economic recovery has been... For more great financial aid news and updates, visit http://www.financialaidnews.com/ |
Ignore the Hype: Federal Student Loans Aren't Profitable for the Government Posted: 27 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT "This week everyone has been talking about student loans. The Obama administration announced some minor changes to the Direct Loan program," Jason Delisle writes in the New America Foundation's... For more great financial aid news and updates, visit http://www.financialaidnews.com/ |
Student Loan Problems – Help to Avoid Default Posted: 27 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT "According to the Institute for Higher Education Policy, for every one borrower who defaults, two more fall behind on payment by 60 days or more and as a result, they face damaged credit and higher... For more great financial aid news and updates, visit http://www.financialaidnews.com/ |
White House Help on College Loans Isn't So Much Posted: 27 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT "Around the same time the College Board was releasing a report showing that the average tuition at a four-year public college rose 8.3 percent last year, President Obama was in Denver on Wednesday... For more great financial aid news and updates, visit http://www.financialaidnews.com/ |
Counseling Parents, With Some Help From a New Calculator Posted: 27 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT "John Gudvangen has given many financial-aid presentations over his career. But when he spoke at a recent open house at Wesleyan University, something was different. For the first time, some parents... For more great financial aid news and updates, visit http://www.financialaidnews.com/ |
Decoding the Language of Financial Aid Posted: 27 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT "Sometimes it seems like financial-aid administrators have their own language," Beckie Supiano writes in the Chronicle of Higher Education's Head Count blog. "To make matters worse, words that mean... For more great financial aid news and updates, visit http://www.financialaidnews.com/ |
Student Loans in America: Nope, Just Debt Posted: 27 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT "In late 1965, President Lyndon Johnson stood in the modest gymnasium of what had once been the tiny teaching college he attended in Texas and announced a programme to promote education,"... For more great financial aid news and updates, visit http://www.financialaidnews.com/ |
Bloggers Debate Obama's Student Loan Forgiveness Plan Posted: 27 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT "Conservative bloggers took President Barack Obama to school Thursday for his new student loan program, criticizing him for circumventing Congress to push an ill-conceived plan, while liberals online... For more great financial aid news and updates, visit http://www.financialaidnews.com/ |
Obama's Student-Loan Plan Scores Political Points but Offers Limited Relief Posted: 27 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT "With the nation's student-loan debt approaching $1-trillion, and default rates at their highest level in a decade, President Obama is taking modest steps to ease students' debt burdens,"... For more great financial aid news and updates, visit http://www.financialaidnews.com/ |
Limiting (Some) Loans Posted: 27 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT "Under a financial aid 'experiment' announced Thursday, some community colleges and for-profit institutions will be able to fulfill a long-held desire: limiting the amount their students can borrow... For more great financial aid news and updates, visit http://www.financialaidnews.com/ |
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