FAP855: Expert interview with Whitney Hoffman on new FAFSA provisions Listen now: Expert Interview + On today’s show, former Madden & Patton attorney and podcast producer Whitney Hoffman on the legal definitions of emancipated student, unaccomp

Image via Wikipedia FAP854: Student loans becoming less available? Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + KCCI: As families continue to deal with rising costs at many colleges, some said that they’re finding student loans harder to come by. Iowa S

FAP853: ACG and SMART grant issues, 2009-2010 FAFSA Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Higher Education Act Reauthorization +

I’ve been reviewing the 2009-2010 FAFSA form this weekend, in its draft form, to go over the changes since last year’s form. There’s a hefty pile of changes, and while most of them are good,

I’m trying a new experiment this month with the Financial Aid Podcast newsletter - instead of being traditional HTML or text, I thought I’d load up Pages on my MacBook and give it a whirl as a PDF. Please leave comments here with your feedback

FAP852: Higher Education Act Reauthorization Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Inside Higher Ed: If a bill’s impact or importance were measured by its length or the amount of time Congress spent working on it, the Higher Education Opportunity Act

FAP851: Earning money using affiliate programs, Cappex scholarships Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Inside Higher Ed: As the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate prepare to vote today on legislation to renew the Higher Education Act, various

FAP850: MEFA Massachusetts Student Loan Interview on WGBH Video I thought I’d publish the actual video from the WGBH interview about MEFA the other day as a download, as opposed to making you watch it only on the web site. The video runs about 8 min

This time, I and my coworkers at the Student Loan Network made a brief appearance on WCVB Boston 5 about the MEFA student loan issues. MEFA customers, make sure you’ve maximized your federal student loans such as the Stafford loan and the PLUS loan,

FAP849: MEFA Private Student Loan troubles, dwindling scholarships Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + MEFA shuts down lending for the fall semester - see the video from WGBH, MEFA Student Loan Troubles + 40,000 students, parents, and families, over