Financial Aid Podcast

Financial Aid Podcast


Latest Episodes

FAP909: End of Student Credit Cards, Student Loan enrollment
May 08, 2009

FAP909: End of Student Credit Cards, Student Loan enrollment Listen now: Updated: a bug in the MP3 address has been fixed! Weekly Financial Aid Roundup Amazon Kindle DX. Elimination of Student Credit Cards Scholarship Update Check out our pile of featured

Social Media Prerequisites Session
May 07, 2009

For those folks who will be attending the College Goal Sunday forum and other college access initiatives, this is a recorded session of a talk I regularly deliver on social media - a quick rundown of prerequisites and some starter suggestions and tools yo

Never sign something you don’t understand
May 05, 2009

This may seem obvious, but it bears saying: Don’t sign anything you don’t understand. Take a look at that student loan form and read through it. See the pages of fine print after the initial application page? Read those pages. If you don&#8217

Daily Financial Aid News moving
April 28, 2009

A quick note to let you know that the Daily Financial Aid News blog posts are moving over to FinancialAidNews.com - be sure to stop by and subscribe! 5 most recent Financial Aid Podcast posts Subscribe to RSS headline updates from: Powered by FeedBurner

Daily Aid 117: How to save money for college safely
April 27, 2009

Daily Aid 117: How to save money for college safely Student Financial Aid News From Inside Higher Ed: With Congress poised to give the White House a smoother path to push its plan to end the lender-based student loan program, President Obama warned Friday

FAP908: Comparing student loans, Selective Service, Free stuff, Bob Gentry
April 24, 2009

FAP908: Comparing student loans, Selective Service, Free stuff, Bob Gentry Listen now: Weekly Financial Aid Roundup A new article looking at the differences in interest rates for various graduate student loans over at GradLoans.com. Scholarship Update Nat

Daily Aid 116: Private student loans vs. federal student loans, your thoughts
April 23, 2009

Daily Aid 116: Private student loans vs. federal student loans, your thoughts Student Financial Aid News From the Chronicle: “The percentage of students taking out private loans has increased by nine percentage points over the past five years, from

Daily Aid 115: How much to borrow in student loans, selective service question
April 21, 2009

Daily Aid 115: How much to borrow in student loans, selective service question Student Financial Aid News From the New York Times: They bought into the notion that if they went to college — never mind the debt — their degree would lead to a lucrative

Earth Day Special: Going green without spending green
April 20, 2009

Earth Day Special: Going green without spending green On the question of: What are some ways that college students can go green without spending a ton of money? A bunch of people posted some really terrific responses. Since today’s technically a hol

FAP907: Free scholarships book giveaway, Earth day free stuff
April 17, 2009

FAP907: Free scholarships book giveaway, Earth day free stuff Listen now: [audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/financialaidpodcast/20090417.mp3] Weekly Financial Aid Roundup The show turned 4 years old this week! Sallie Mae’s student loan proposal -