FAP400: Episode 400 celebration, Free stuff Friday, tuition, securitization, 4 German scholarships, Black Lab

Student Financial Aid News
+ From Banknet360: Sallie Mae, Nelnet, and Citigroup saw their stocks dip over the course of the past couple of days due to the election.
+ Should Congress alleviate stress on borrowers, it would reverse several provisions in the recently passed Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, which raised student loan interest rates and cut roughly $12 billion from student aid programs, many of which helped low-income borrowers.
+ More BankNet360: Student lenders and other industry experts expect student loan securitization volume to rise along with the cost of college education this academic year, despite a predicted 10% decline in overall U.S. asset-backed securities in 2007.
+ College tuition, fees, and room and board are expected to rise 5.6% and 5.7%, respectively, for four-year public institutions and private schools, according to the College Board. This will create a steady stream of student loans to pool into securitizations in the coming years, the same group of lenders said at a recent ABS conference.
+ New York-based Merrill Lynch predicts that student loan ABS issuance will reach between $75 billion and $85 billion by yearend, then higher in 2008.
+ Securitization primer
+ Stafford federal student loans at StaffordLoan.com
+ Private student loans at AlternativeStudentLoan.com
+ Note on the browser wars 2.0 at NASFAA
+ FAFSA forms will work on new browsers!
+ Check out our FAFSA tutorials at FAFSAonline.com

Scholarship Update
+ No drawing, sorry - no one referred 25 people
+ 4 scholarships from ISNM
+ 50% North American scholarship: 50% tuition scholarship for students from North America admitted to the M.Sc. program in Digital Media at the ISNM in Luebeck, Germany
+ ISNM tuition scholarship: Full or partial tuition merit-based scholarship for students from all over the world admitted to the M.Sc. program in Digital Media at the ISNM in Luebeck, Germany
+ Lisa Dräger ISNM Scholarship: Full tuition coverage for an outstanding, financially deserving student admitted to the M.Sc. program in Digital Media at the ISNM in Luebeck, Germany
+ Bockholdt ISNM Baltic and Eastern Europe Scholarship: Full tuition scholarship for students from Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, the Czech Republic and St. Petersburg admitted to the M.Sc. program in Digital Media at the ISNM in Luebeck, Germany
+ Details at our free scholarship search site

Free Stuff Friday
+ Skype hits version 3.0 for the PC, 2.0 for the Mac
+ SorryGottaGo.com
+ Free book plates
+ Free planning forms
+ Coming in January - E-Miles
+ Learn to fly with FlightGear

Mail Bag
+ Episode 400 feedback from Bryan Person from New Comm Road

Podsafe Music
+ Black Lab, See The Sun
+ Music via the Podsafe Music Network
+ Stop by our MySpace page!

Reminders
+ Private student loans available at any time - visit AlternativeStudentLoan.com
+ Federal student loans at StaffordLoan.com
+ Student loan consolidation at StudentLoanConsolidator.com
+ FAFSA form online filing at FAFSAonline.com
+ Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidPodcast.com.
+ My personal blog
+ The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network.

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