Monday, 9 April 2012

Financial Aid News

Financial Aid News

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04-06: COD Processing Update

Posted: 08 Apr 2012 05:00 PM PDT

An Electronic Announcement was released to schools from the COD School Relations Center on April 5, 2012 and is posted on the Information for Financial Aid Professionals (IFAP) website. This...

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New Jersey Woman's Student Loan Debt Creates Tax Nightmare

Posted: 08 Apr 2012 05:00 PM PDT

"When Kim Thompson's $91,000 student loan balance was cancelled due to total disability, she thought she had put at least one of her problems behind her," ABC News reports. "Instead, she traded it...

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Making Student Loans Dischargeable in Bankruptcy Could Be a Free-Market Idea

Posted: 08 Apr 2012 05:00 PM PDT

"According to the non-partisan Congressional Research Service, until 1976, all student loans could be discharged in bankruptcy," Fred Bauer writes for the Huffington Post Money blog. "Up until 1998,...

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04-06: Additional COD System Implementation for 2012-13 Award Year

Posted: 08 Apr 2012 05:00 PM PDT

The Department of Education (ED) implemented Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) System functionality to support 2012-13 Award Year processing. On April 15, 2012, ED plans to implement...

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The Student Loan Crisis Everyone Saw Coming

Posted: 08 Apr 2012 05:00 PM PDT

"When there are Americans whose Social Security checks are being garnished to pay off their outstanding student loan debt, then it is clear that the United States has a problem," Andrew Leonard...

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04-06: Upcoming Enhancements to NSLDS to Accommodate Enrollment Reporting Process Changes

Posted: 08 Apr 2012 05:00 PM PDT

The Department of Education is enhancing the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) Enrollment Reporting process to ensure the accuracy of enrollment reporting as well as to allow greater...

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Trying to Find a Measure for How Well Colleges Do

Posted: 08 Apr 2012 05:00 PM PDT

"In the wake of the No Child Left Behind federal education law, students in elementary, middle and high schools take standardized tests whose results are made public, inviting anyone to assess,...

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Trying to Find a Measure for How Well Colleges Do

Posted: 08 Apr 2012 05:00 PM PDT

"In the wake of the No Child Left Behind federal education law, students in elementary, middle and high schools take standardized tests whose results are made public, inviting anyone to assess,...

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Schumer Calls on Congress to Address Rising Student Loan Rates by Summer

Posted: 08 Apr 2012 05:00 PM PDT

"Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Thursday announced his support for a bill to extend a reduced student loan rate for one year," Ramsey Cox writes for The Hill's Floor Action Blog. "In July, the...

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Schumer Calls on Congress to Address Rising Student Loan Rates by Summer

Posted: 08 Apr 2012 05:00 PM PDT

"Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Thursday announced his support for a bill to extend a reduced student loan rate for one year," Ramsey Cox writes for The Hill's Floor Action Blog. "In July, the...

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