Financial Aid Podcast

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Sneak Preview: How To Find Cheap College Textbooks
August 18, 2008

The latest Edvisors eBook is now published, How To Find Cheap College Textbooks. This will eventually live at our new campus-based site, CampusX, but it’s of course distributed first to YOU, Financial Aid Podcast loyalists, as my ongoing way of sayi

FAP863: More options if you run into financial aid trouble
August 18, 2008

FAP863: More options if you run into financial aid trouble Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Bloomberg: Just three days after the Fed approved a loan against Bear Stearns securities, Pennsylvania Democratic Representative Paul Kanjorski and 31 othe

FAP862: Homeless Youth to College - Successful Transitions
August 15, 2008

From the NASFAA national conference this past summer. Did you enjoy today’s show? If so, please consider subscribing for free to get it delivered to you.

FAP861: NASFAA 2008 Slideshow
August 15, 2008

From the NASFAA conference this past summer. Did you enjoy today’s show? If so, please consider subscribing for free to get it delivered to you. Subscribing for free means

Interesting bit from Nelnet Conference Call
August 13, 2008

This from the Nelnet Investors call: Sameer Gokhale - Keefe, Bruyette & Woods You curtailed originations of pri

FAP860: Brazos, Northstar, and PHEAA exit student lending
August 13, 2008

FAP860: Brazos, Northstar, and PHEAA exit student lending Listen now: Student Financial Aid News +

FAP859: Demystifying federal methodology
August 12, 2008

FAP859: Demystifying federal methodology In today’s show, a video from the EASFAA conference on demystifying federal methodology, the decision-making system that the government uses with the FAFSA to determine your eligibility for financial aid. Thi

FAP858: FAFSA changes for 2009, record FAFSA applications
August 11, 2008

FAP858: FAFSA changes for 2009, record FAFSA applications Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + SF Chronicle: Record numbers of college students are lining up for financial aid - and asking for more of it - as the nation’s economic woes hit campu

FAP857: 1,587 free songs, Massachusetts student loans
August 08, 2008

FAP857: 1,587 free songs, Massachusetts student loans Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + NECN: Treasurer Timothy Cahill said Thursday he would not yield to Gov. Deval Patrick’s request to invest $50 million in state pension funds for bonds tha

FAP856: MEFA Rescue in the Works, Volunteering Jobcast
August 07, 2008

FAP856: MEFA Rescue in the Works, Volunteering Jobcast Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Boston Globe: MEFA rescue plan? Governor Deval Patrick has asked the state pension fund to invest $50 million and will ask Harvard University and other local c