Tuesday, 4 October 2011

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10-03: Loan Servicing Information – MOHELA Joins Federal Loan Servicer Team

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 12:46 AM PDT

The Department of Education (ED) is expanding its federal loan servicer team. In this announcent, ED notifies the community that MOHELA is now a member of its federal loan servicer team. ED...

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ANN-11-22: Live Internet Webinar – Direct Loans, COD, and StudentLoans.gov for 2011-2012

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 12:46 AM PDT

This letter announces Federal Student Aid's instructor-led, online training session on Direct Loan processing in COD and StudentLoans.gov for the 2011-2012 Award Year. The training session will focus...

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Opinion: Here's a Demand: Forgive Student Loan Debt

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 12:43 AM PDT

"For two and a half years, I have been advocating for a new way of stimulating economic growth from the bottom-up - a "trickle-up" approach to rebuilding the economy that reflects the realities of...

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Online Calculators May Help Parents, Students Estimate Real College Costs

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 12:42 AM PDT

"Whether the new calculators will revolutionize the college search or add more confusion to the process remains to be seen," the Sacramento Bee reports. "Colleges even vary in what they call the...

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Dems Mum on Obama Proposal on Debt Collectors Pursuing Money Owed Government

Posted: 04 Oct 2011 12:40 AM PDT

"To the dismay of consumer groups and the discomfort of Democrats, President Barack Obama wants Congress to make it easier for private debt collectors to call the cellphones of consumers delinquent...

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House Sets Up Battle on Funding Social Programs

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 09:14 AM PDT

"House Republicans are laying the groundwork for another battle with President Obama over spending and domestic policy with a bill that would cut some of his favorite health and education programs,...

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Paying for College: Series EE Bonds, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 09:13 AM PDT

"The pressure to pay for college has become as powerful as the other two requirements in life: death and taxes," Fox Business reports. "Recent and proposed Federal reductions in the federal Pell...

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Don't Drown in Student Debt When Income Shrinks

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 09:11 AM PDT

"One of the federal government's best options to help you pay your student loan debt - squaring your monthly payments with all the drains on your paycheck - also happens to be one of the most...

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Don’t Bank on the Net-Price Calculator

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 09:10 AM PDT

"On the face of it, I understand why families would be taken in by the idea of the newly required Net Price Calculator (NPC)," Helen Nunn, director of financial aid at Susquehanna University in...

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Draft 2012-13 Paper FAFSA Open for Comment

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 08:11 AM PDT

The Department of Education (ED) has posted a draft of the 2012-13 Paper Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). ED has posted a Summary of Changes to assist the financial aid community in...

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