Saturday, April 11, 2009

Berks' prospective college students feeling recession's effects, too - Reading Eagle

Berks' prospective college students feeling recession's effects, too - Reading Eagle

Berks' prospective college students feeling recession's effects, too
Reading Eagle, PA
And nearly two-thirds of those graduating from four-year colleges have some loan debt, according to the Project on Student Debt. Lacey could save thousands of dollars by attending a state-related college. She's been accepted at Penn State Berks, ...

Teacher student loan forgiveness plan sinking - EKU The Eastern Progress Online (subscription)

Teacher student loan forgiveness plan sinking - EKU The Eastern Progress Online (subscription)

Teacher student loan forgiveness plan sinking
EKU The Eastern Progress Online (subscription), KY
Teachers and students who have Federal Stafford, Federal PLUS and Federal Consolidation Loans from The Student Loan People are eligible for the program if they teach in the designated areas, which include special education, math and science. ...

Friday, April 10, 2009

Falling home values and the college tuition crunch - Boston Globe

Falling home values and the college tuition crunch - Boston Globe

Falling home values and the college tuition crunch
Boston Globe, United States
Maybe this means that parents will no longer be expected to run up their debt in order to get their kids a college education. I have come across 4 or 5 homeowners that were selling their homes so that they could pay for their kids' tuition. ...


Teaching Young People about Personal Finance - Voice of America

Voice of America

Teaching Young People about Personal Finance
Voice of America
Over time, their credit limit is increased, but they do not pay off their debt. Laura Levine says young people can take on more debt than they can deal with. The government says forty-five percent of college students have credit card debt. ...


Concerns About Debt Hover Over a Small College in Iowa - Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)

Concerns About Debt Hover Over a Small College in Iowa
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
By GOLDIE BLUMENSTYK By just about every objective measure, the $88-million in debt that Wartburg College has carried since late 2005 poses a risk. The college's debt load — twice the amount that it takes in annually from tuition and other revenue ...


Guidance Office: Seeking Questions About Waiting Lists, Gap Years ... - New York Times

New York Times

Guidance Office: Seeking Questions About Waiting Lists, Gap Years ...
New York Times, United States
With college being so very expensive and with middle class students receiving mostly loans, what is the average debt a student can expect to have after graduation from a private college? I have a question I have not seen answered elsewhere about wait ...
College Officials Strategizing to Ensure Fall Enrollment in Tough ... Diverse
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Thursday, April 9, 2009

African Copper Plc-Proposed Equity Subscription and Debt for ... - Market Wire (press release)

African Copper Plc-Proposed Equity Subscription and Debt for ... - Market Wire (press release)

African Copper Plc-Proposed Equity Subscription and Debt for ...
Market Wire (press release)
The Proposals necessitate a reorganisation of the Company's share capital resulting in a consolidation of the Company's existing ordinary shares. One new Ordinary Share of 10p each will be created for every 100 existing ordinary shares. ...


Home Equity Loan - MonitorBankRates.com

Home Equity Loan
MonitorBankRates.com, CT
Lower home equity loan rates are good news for home owners looking to tap into their equity. Debt consolidation - Paying off higher interest credit card debt. Most credit card rates are in the double digits, whereas home equity loan rates are in the ...


DebtFreeRightNow.com Opens Its Doors To Get The Economy Back On ... - PR Web (press release)

DebtFreeRightNow.com Opens Its Doors To Get The Economy Back On ...
PR Web (press release), WA
What are debt consolidation programs? Well, here goes the quick answer: it's where someone can receive money to pay off all the debts that they have accumulated over the years. It involves one single, long-term fixed loan with a much lower interest ...


Debt markets thaw for telecom carriers - TelephonyOnline

Debt markets thaw for telecom carriers
TelephonyOnline
But a softening of the credit markets could also help carriers with much-needed consolidation that the harsh credit environment has stalled in recent years. “One thing’s for certain -- financing for traditional CLECs will remain very difficult,” ...

Guidance Office: Seeking Your Financial Aid Questions - New York Times

Guidance Office: Seeking Your Financial Aid Questions - New York Times

New York Times

Guidance Office: Seeking Your Financial Aid Questions
New York Times, United States
I would like to find a fixed rate consolidation loan but I have not seen any lenders offering these programs. Do you have any sense of when or if private student loan consolidation programs will return? Do I have any options to reduce my interest ...


Teacher student loan forgiveness plan sinking - EKU The Eastern Progress Online (subscription)

Teacher student loan forgiveness plan sinking
EKU The Eastern Progress Online (subscription), KY
Teachers and students who have Federal Stafford, Federal PLUS and Federal Consolidation Loans from The Student Loan People are eligible for the program if they teach in the designated areas, which include special education, math and science. ...

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Thousands of students to benefit from new state loans - Schenectady Gazette

Thousands of students to benefit from new state loans - Schenectady Gazette

Thousands of students to benefit from new state loans
Schenectady Gazette, NY
CAPITAL REGION — The state budget that lawmakers are expected to pass includes $50 million for a new college loan program that officials estimate will serve between 40000 and 45000 students who would otherwise turn to private lenders. ...
2 schools of thought on new student loan program Lower Hudson Journal news
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Student debt and defaults surge - Christian Science Monitor

Student debt and defaults surge
Christian Science Monitor, MA
Sallie Mae, America’s largest lender to college students, announced last month a loan type that students start paying while still in college. The early jump on interest payments means that balances can be paid off an average of nine years earlier, ...


Falling home values and the college tuition crunch - Boston Globe

Falling home values and the college tuition crunch
Boston Globe, United States
These loans are readily available as Sam has been responsible with his finances. . The current real estate situation is largely effecting those who have not been responsible. Life goes on as usual for the vast majority. A college education is an asset. ...


Get the Best College Financial Aid - KYTX

WDTN

Get the Best College Financial Aid
KYTX, TX
First, look at the specifics of loan offer -- like interest rates and repayment terms. These provisions can vary widely from loan to loan. Next, you'll want to analyze affordability over time. Make sure you ask how your financial aid package will ...
Tips on comparing student financial aid WDTN
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Burton opposed to college loan changes - WTHR

ABC News

Burton opposed to college loan changes
WTHR, IN
Fishers - College loan giant Sallie Mae is looking at increasing its Indiana workforce. At the same time the lending industry is eyeing possible changes in government loan programs some say could cause job cuts. Ten million current and former college ...
Sallie Mae To Reverse Job Outsourcing SayCampusLife
SLM to Transfer Overseas Jobs to US Washington Post
Sallie Mae to reverse outsource, create 2000 US jobs - Update RTT News
The Daily Collegian Online - Pocono Record
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College Decision Time: Sizing Up Financial Aid - Smartmoney.com

College Decision Time: Sizing Up Financial Aid - Smartmoney.com

College Decision Time: Sizing Up Financial Aid
Smartmoney.com
With both loans, if the school is part of the direct lending program (meaning it receives loans from the federal government), you can apply through the college's financial aid office. If the school participates in the Federal Family Education Loan ...
Student Aid Contributes to Ballooning Tuition, Report Says Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
Plummeting Home Prices Mean New Headache for Parents Paying Tuition The MIT Tech
Tech to award returning students financial aid packages in April Virginia Tech Collegiate Times Online Edition
UW Badger Herald
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College Officials Strategizing to Ensure Fall Enrollment in Tough ... - Diverse

College Officials Strategizing to Ensure Fall Enrollment in Tough ...
Diverse, VA
The school also abandoned its relationships with private banks last month and has returned to the government’s direct student lending program, a more reliable source for funding student loans in this economy. “In a lot of ways, the admissions process ...


Thousands of students to benefit from new state loans - Schenectady Gazette

Thousands of students to benefit from new state loans
Schenectady Gazette, NY
CAPITAL REGION — The state budget that lawmakers are expected to pass includes $50 million for a new college loan program that officials estimate will serve between 40000 and 45000 students who would otherwise turn to private lenders. ...
2 schools of thought on new student loan program Lower Hudson Journal news
all 5 news articles


Student debt and defaults surge - Christian Science Monitor

Student debt and defaults surge
Christian Science Monitor, MA
Sallie Mae, America’s largest lender to college students, announced last month a loan type that students start paying while still in college. The early jump on interest payments means that balances can be paid off an average of nine years earlier, ...

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Economy, government policy stir tuition fears - Dawgnet

Economy, government policy stir tuition fears - Dawgnet

Economy, government policy stir tuition fears
Dawgnet, IN
What most reports fail to mention is that Obama plans on disposing of the Federal Family Education Loan Program, which provides Stafford Loans, Unsubsidized Stafford Loans, Federal PLUS Loans and Federal Consolidation Loans. Personally, I know I have ...


Guidance Office: Seeking Your Financial Aid Questions - New York Times

New York Times

Guidance Office: Seeking Your Financial Aid Questions
New York Times, United States
I would like to find a fixed rate consolidation loan but I have not seen any lenders offering these programs. Do you have any sense of when or if private student loan consolidation programs will return? Do I have any options to reduce my interest ...


Guidance Office: Answers About Financial Aid, Part 2 - New York Times

Guidance Office: Answers About Financial Aid, Part 2
New York Times, United States
I would like to find a fixed-rate consolidation loan, but I have not seen any lenders offering these programs. Do you have any sense of when or if private student loan consolidation programs will return? Do I have any options to reduce my interest ...


Answers To Viewers' E-Mail Money Questions - KMBC.com

Answers To Viewers' E-Mail Money Questions
KMBC.com, MO
If you don't have one, call me: Audra Chandler 913-747-3279." Debbie asks: "My son had to drop out of college after 3 years for medical/mental reasons. He went to an out-of-state school and has enormous student loan debt. ...


Student Loan Consolidation - School Loan Consolidation - PitchEngine (press release)

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Student Loan Consolidation - School Loan Consolidation
PitchEngine (press release), WY
What’s worse, credit card companies love college students, handing out cards everywhere from the library to the mall. Student loan debt consolidation basically means to take all your student loan debt and combining them into single loan, ...
Treasury Dept. Rolls Out Program to Help Young Adults Use Credit ... SYS-CON Media (press release)
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Answers To Viewers' E-Mail Money Questions - KMBC.com

Answers To Viewers' E-Mail Money Questions - KMBC.com

Answers To Viewers' E-Mail Money Questions
KMBC.com, MO
If you don't have one, call me: Audra Chandler 913-747-3279." Debbie asks: "My son had to drop out of college after 3 years for medical/mental reasons. He went to an out-of-state school and has enormous student loan debt. ...


Plan aims at banks' school-loan subsidies - Cincinnati.com

Plan aims at banks' school-loan subsidies
Cincinnati.com, OH
Supporters say it would increase access for millions of students who otherwise couldn't afford college tuition, books or housing. The Institute for America's Future, a liberal advocacy group based Washington, estimated that the loan consolidation would ...

Monday, April 6, 2009

SIU Credit Union joins student loan effort - The Southern

SIU Credit Union joins student loan effort - The Southern

SIU Credit Union joins student loan effort
The Southern, IL
The investment into securities issued by ISAC is the second the consortium of credit unions have made since September and goes toward low-interest, federally secured loans through the Federal Family Education Loan Program available to Illinois college ...
ISAC-Credit Union Pact: Approximately $100 Million in Loans ... IGNN (press release)
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For Film and TV Extras, Cash Helps and Stars Amuse - New York Times

New York Times

For Film and TV Extras, Cash Helps and Stars Amuse
New York Times, United States
“I jumped at the chance to do it,” said Ms. Van Loan, who first appeared as an extra on “Dawson’s Creek” while in college and is hoping to do more acting as she looks for full-time work as a chef. “Doing background work is one of those things that, ...

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Bill gives Ky. teachers help with college loans - Louisville Courier-Journal

Bill gives Ky. teachers help with college loans - Louisville Courier-Journal

Bill gives Ky. teachers help with college loans
Louisville Courier-Journal, KY
Citing federal cutbacks, officials at the authority announced in January 2008 that it would phase out three college loan forgiveness programs it has been using to attract and keep teachers, nurses and public-service attorneys in Kentucky. ...


Kohn: Fed Alert To Ways To Help Economy Recover - Wall Street Journal

Boston Globe

Kohn: Fed Alert To Ways To Help Economy Recover
Wall Street Journal
To boost the market for these securities, the Federal Reserve and Treasury Department announced the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility, through which the federal government will provide loans against a variety of asset-backed securities. ...
Bernanke, Kohn Pledge Fed to Withdraw Credit When Crisis Ends Bloomberg
How Our Monetary Mayhem All Began With the Fed The New American
Kohn Says Fed May Need to Do More to Support Growth Bloomberg
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Populist Obama strikes again? - MSNBC

Populist Obama strikes again? - MSNBC

Populist Obama strikes again?
MSNBC
I understand the bailout money to a certain extent (even though it is starting to make me extremely angry, since I can't even get a private consolidation loan for my student loan debt to make repayment a little more manageable, and my credit score is ...


Economy, government policy stir tuition fears - Dawgnet

Economy, government policy stir tuition fears
Dawgnet, IN
What most reports fail to mention is that Obama plans on disposing of the Federal Family Education Loan Program, which provides Stafford Loans, Unsubsidized Stafford Loans, Federal PLUS Loans and Federal Consolidation Loans. Personally, I know I have ...


Plan aims at banks' school-loan subsidies - Cincinnati.com

Plan aims at banks' school-loan subsidies
Cincinnati.com, OH
Supporters say it would increase access for millions of students who otherwise couldn't afford college tuition, books or housing. The Institute for America's Future, a liberal advocacy group based Washington, estimated that the loan consolidation would ...