Financial Aid Podcast

Financial Aid Podcast


Latest Episodes

FAP831: Need based financial aid, Free Stuff Thursday
July 03, 2008

Image via Wikipedia FAP831: Need based financial aid, Free Stuff Thursday Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Inside Higher Ed: A shift back to need-based aid isn’t hurting at least two co

Preventing a financial aid disaster
July 02, 2008

I just finished talking to a listener of the podcast who wanted to take out a private student loan

FAP830: Expert interview with Larry Wilson, Coastal Federal
July 02, 2008

FAP830: Expert interview with Larry Wilson, Coastal Federal Credit Union Listen now: Expert Interview + Today we discuss credit unions, personal finance, and living within your means with Larry Wilson

FAP829: GI Bill expansion, pirated textbooks, mail bag
July 01, 2008

FAP829: GI Bill expansion, pirated textbooks, mail bag Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Chronicle: College students are increasingly downloading illegal copies of textbooks online, employing t

FAP828: 10 key factors influencing your financial aid
June 30, 2008

FAP828: 10 key factors influencing your financial aid Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Chronicle: Here’s a frightening thought for every college administrator planning for a big disaster

Weekend Book Review: Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips f
June 29, 2008

A short while ago, Mignon Fogarty (aka Grammar Girl) sent me a copy of her new book, Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips

FAP827: Student credit cards, coffee scholarship, Free stuff
June 27, 2008

Image via Wikipedia FAP827: Student credit cards, coffee scholarship, Free stuff Friday Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Chronicle: Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo of New York hopes to have

Contract job opportunity - Web freshening, $300
June 26, 2008

A good friend and mentor of mine recently wrote to me to say that his mother’s personal web site and blog aren’t getting the traction she would like. He’s offered $300 FIRM for so

FAP826: Deceptive student loan marketing, Sallie Mae leak
June 26, 2008

Image via Wikipedia FAP826: Deceptive student loan marketing, Sallie Mae leak Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + The FTC has issued a guide on deceptive student loan marketing + If you are cons

FAP825: Expert interview: Ron Burniske, Chartway FCU
June 25, 2008

FAP825: Expert interview: Ron Burniske, Chartway FCU Listen now: In today’s podcast, I talk with Ron Burniske, CEO of Chartway Federal Credit Union, about credit unions, how they’re differ