FAP843: How to pick a student credit card, $25,000 scholarship Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Bloomberg: 9% of companies plan to hire. Wages fall 2.4%. 28% of companies increasing prices. Tough economic times - if you’re on the employment

FAP842: Illegal downloads of textbooks, Free Stuff Friday Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Boston Globe: Faced with soaring prices for textbooks, cash-strapped students have discovered a tempting, effective, but illicit alternative - pirated elect

FAP841: Read your student loan applications before you sign Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Star Tribune: A class-action lawsuit has been filed against St. Paul-based student lender Northstar Higher Education for allegedly breaking its contract w

FAP840: How to choose a bank, FAFSA methodology Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Inside Higher Ed: The United States is making minimal progress at doubling bachelor’s degree production in science and technology fields from 2005 to 2015, acco

Many thanks to everyone I had a chance to meet at the NASFAA national conference! I’ve put together some resources for you from the conference that might be of help. The guest speaking I did with Dr. Steven Bryant was a short version of this session

FAP839: Retention of Underserved Students and How Financial Aid Administrators Can Help A session from this year’s NASFAA national conference. Listen now: A few dollars a month for medication may cause a low-income college student to drop out of sch

Image via Wikipedia FAP838: Student loans and bank failures Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + IndyMac Bank failed over the weekend, taken over by the FDIC. + NASFAA: “After rushing to enact a law that makes it easier for students to obtain mo

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FAP837: Review of the NASFAA National Conference, Free Stuff Friday Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + A review of the NASFAA national conference in depth + A longer than normal show Scholarship Update + Scholarship Points, kids. + Scholarship Searc

One of the recurring comments I heard at the NASFAA national conference was tuition increasing at twice the rate of inflation. This is a lie. It’s not a lie because NASFAA or an