Thursday 12 January 2012

Financial Aid News

Financial Aid News

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01-11: Reminder: FAA Access to CPS Online Login Issue May Be Resolved by Updating Web Browser Bookmark

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST

The Department of Education announces a reminder that FAA access to CPS online login issue may be resolved by updating web browser bookmark.

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Prepaid College Plans: Shrinking Options, Rising Risks

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST

"Jim and Celeste Durkin thought when they began investing six years ago in Illinois state's prepaid college savings plan that they were locking in a bargain price if their daughter Caroline, who is...

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Student Loan Negotiated Rulemaking Committee Tackles Rehabilitation and Discharge Issues

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST

The student loan negotiated rulemaking committee added three new items to the agenda Wednesday, for a total of 27 issues now scheduled for negotiation, although some may be combined during the course...

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Are 529 college savings plans too risky to invest in?

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST

"If you invest in a 529 college savings plan, and that plan puts your money in a variety of investments as most do, you can lose money. That's because these investments, ranging from stocks to bonds,...

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Debating Award Letters at the 2011 FSA Conference

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST

Award letters have been a source of debate for over 20 years and this was the case at the 2011 Federal Student Aid (FSA) conference in December.  U.S. Department of Education officials held...

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The Value Gap

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST

"For the vast majority of colleges … the time has come to prove their worth if they have any plans to continue the price increases of the past several years," Jeff Selingo writes in the Chronicle's...

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ANN-12-02: Training Recording – Return of Title IV Funds (R2T4)

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST

This letter announces Federal Student Aid's recorded training session on the R2T4 calculation. This 90-minute training session is intended for individuals in the financial aid office who are...

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Changes Could Ease Disabled Borrowers' Student-Loan-Forgiveness Hassles

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST

"A year after The Chronicle published a series of articles that described the loan-discharge process for disabled borrowers as 'broken' and 'duplicative,' the Education Department is taking steps to...

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01-11: 2012-2013 Student Aid Eligibility Worksheet

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST

The Department of Education announces the 2012-2013 Student Aid Eligibility Worksheet for Question 23 is now available in English and Spanish. Both versions are attached in Portable Document Format...

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Quarterly FICO Survey Says Student Loans to be Next Casualty of Sluggish Economy

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST

"FICO's quarterly survey of bank risk professionals found growing concern for the stability of the student loan market and deepening fears about the nation's housing sector," loansafe.org reports.

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