Financial Aid Podcast
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Daily Aid 100: The consequences of eliminating the guaranteed student loan program
Daily Aid 100: The consequences of eliminating the guaranteed student loan program Student Financial Aid News From Inside Higher Ed: The Congressional Budget Office’s analysis of the Obama administration’s 2010 budget contained mostly distress
FAP903: How to ask for more money from your financial aid office
FAP903: How to ask for more money from your financial aid office Listen now: Weekly Financial Aid Roundup Online degrees and community college costs. How much should you borrow in student loans? Scholarship Points Instructions Are you a Scholarship Points
Daily Aid 99: Make your own layaway plan to save money
Daily Aid 99: Make your own layaway plan to save money From the Chronicle: Ohio Northern University is the fourth higher-education institution to announce that it is seeking to recoup money in an alleged $554-million investment fraud, university officials
Daily Aid 98: Online degrees as a way of reducing college costs
Daily Aid 98: Online degrees as a way of reducing college costs Student Financial Aid News From Inside Higher Ed: In economic downturns, community college enrollments go up, as those who lose jobs (or fear losing them) seek to add skills or training, and
Daily Aid 97: How to ask for more financial aid
Daily Aid 97: How to ask for more financial aid Focus on Financial Aid Is there such a thing as negotiating your financial aid award package? Yes and no. No in the sense that your school’s financial aid office is not like a car dealership with a dea
Daily Aid 96: Determining how much to borrow in student loans
Daily Aid 96: Determining how much to borrow in student loans From the Wall Street Journal: Another option is to pursue an advanced degree and hope that the job market is better when you’re done. But don’t do this if you’d end up with an
FAP902: $20,000 in scholarships, Scholarship Points, FAFSA, free stuff
FAP902: $20,000 in scholarships, Scholarship Points, FAFSA, free stuff Listen now: Student Financial Aid News Scholarships running out of funding. FAFSA applications up 20%, plus other student loan news. Scholarship Points Members Are you a Scholarship Po
Daily Aid 95: Student loans and graduation, dwindling scholarships
Daily Aid 95: Student loans and graduation, dwindling scholarships Student Financial Aid News From NASFAA: “The Coon Rapids Community Scholarship Association began its annual hunt for donations last week and while the group still has months to gathe
Daily Aid 94: Scholarship scam warning, student loan programs future
Daily Aid 94: Scholarship scam warning, student loan programs future Student Financial Aid News From Inside Higher Ed: On a day that President Obama reinforced his call to increase the number of Americans in college, the federal government released data s
Daily Aid 93: Jobs, financial aid, and crime
Daily Aid 93: Jobs, financial aid, and crime Student Financial Aid News From the Chronicle: Officials in at least two states are looking into the abrupt closing last week of the Connecticut School of Broadcasting, an occupational school with 26 campuses t