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Choose the Best Lender for You 04 May 07 09:12 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments: A university’s financial aid office can and will recommend a private lender for students to work with— however, it is just that, a recommendation. The Higher Education Act mandates that schools can not require students to get loans through the preferred Read More...

Filed under: Consolidation, NextStudent, Preferred Lenders, student loan consolidation
Manage Your Student Loans with Federal Consolidation 08 March 07 10:35 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments: For the last few years, college tuition has been on the rise across the United States. In 2004/05 Arizona students paid $10,863 in tuition and fees to attend four year public colleges and $19,448 to attend four year private colleges. With approximately Read More...

Filed under: Consolidation, federal consolidation loans, NextStudent, student loan consolidation
College Valentine’s Day: ‘Here, Near But Nothing to Fear’ 09 February 07 09:54 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments: Forget the boxes of expensive candy and the overdone roses—ever hear of the freshman 15 (pounds that is)? And for those of you who think you are clever, lingerie may look good at first glance, but where is that going to get you, seriously? I am talking Read More...

Filed under: College Funding, Consolidation, financial aid, Next Student, NextStudent, student loan consolidation, student loans, valentine, Valentine's Day
Perkins Program Cuts: Hint of More to Come? 08 February 07 08:46 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments: This past week I have reported on what is happening with the FY08 budget, a big part of which is the increase in the Pell Grant from $4,600 this year up to $5,400 by 2012. The question on everyone’s mind is: Where is all that extra money going to come Read More...

Filed under: American Association of Community Colleges, Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education program, College Funding, Consolidation, financial aid, Next Student, NextStudent, Pell Grant, student loan consolidation, student loans
Budget Picture FY08 07 February 07 08:43 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments: As I reported earlier this week, President Bush released his FY08 Budget on Monday, Feb. 5, 2007. And although it promises to increase the maximum Pell Grant to $4,600 this year up to $5,400 by 2012, he will use funds from other grants for low-income Read More...

Filed under: College Funding, Consolidation, financial aid, FY08 Budget, Higher Education Act, Next Student, NextStudent, Pell Grant, student loan consolidation, student loans
Pell Grant Gets Welcome Boost in 2007-2008 Budget Plans 06 February 07 10:14 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments: In previous blogs, I addressed that college education is becoming more and more unobtainable for low-income students. Many are opting out of the system, choosing to attend community colleges or not to attend at all, since the debt load required for attendance Read More...

Filed under: College Funding, Consolidation, Department of Education, financial aid, higher education, Next Student, NextStudent, Pell Grant, student loan consolidation, student loans, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant Program
Education and the Budget Proposal for FY08 05 February 07 09:44 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments: Good news for the Department of Education, as it looks like the White House is set to increase the Pell Grant even more than the $260 proposed by the Democrat’s “Joint Funding Resolution” that I reported on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007. According to a briefing Read More...

Filed under: College Funding, Consolidation, Department of Education, financial aid, Next Student, NextStudent, Pell Grants, student loan consolidation, student loans
Social Networking: Hip, Cool and Fun … But Be Smart 02 February 07 06:19 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments: There now is little doubt about social networking becoming an integral part of our culture. It almost is a foregone conclusion. I know you and your friends for years have been into MySpace, YouTube, Facebook, and many other such networks. But mom and Read More...

Filed under: Blogging, College Funding, Consolidation, FaceBook, financial aid, MySpace, Next Student, NextStudent, Social Networking, Social Networks, student loan consolidation, student loans, YouTube
2007 Budget Update 01 February 07 10:45 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments: It looks like Pell Grants are going to be getting the financial face-lift about which people have been buzzing on Capitol Hill. According to a Jan. 31, 2007 article by Doug Lederman titled “A Pleasant Budget Surprise” that appeared in Inside Higher Ed Read More...

Filed under: College Funding, Consolidation, financial aid, Low-Income Students, Next Student, NextStudent, Pell Grants, student loan consolidation, student loans
Grant Process Closed on Strengthening Institutions Program 31 January 07 09:55 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments: Grants are an important source of funding for any institution and organization in need of money. Not only do grants help students defray the cost of attendance, they also help colleges keep their tuition costs in check because awarded funds can help strengthen Read More...

Filed under: College Funding, Community Colleges, Consolidation, Department of Education, federal grants, financial aid, Next Student, NextStudent, Scholarships, Strengthening Institutions Program, student loan consolidation, student loans
Where the Money Is: Online Private Universities 31 January 07 08:33 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments: Founded in 1976, the University of Phoenix, the largest private university in the country, started the “trend” of online private education companies catering to working students. Many such colleges and schools have followed in its footsteps, with varying Read More...

Filed under: College Education, College Funding, Consolidation, Educational Opportunities, financial aid, Next Student, NextStudent, Online Private Universities, student loan consolidation, student loans
U.S. Education Department’s Official on Accreditation Leaves Job 29 January 07 10:06 PM | Student Loan Girl | 7 Comments: According to a Jan. 29, 2007 article titled “ U.S. Accreditation Official Out of a Job” written by Doug Lederman that appeared in Inside Higher Ed , John W. Barth, the director of accreditation and state liaison at the Department of Education, has transferred Read More...

Filed under: accreditation, College Funding, Consolidation, Department of Education, federal student aid, financial aid, Next Student, NextStudent, student loan consolidation, student loans
CIA Socializes: Getting a Job through FaceBook, MySpace, Whatever 26 January 07 08:18 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments: Could it be that social networks are becoming an embedded piece of our culture, no longer just limited to college geeks, party mongers, and those who are hip and in the know? That would appear to be the case. Just last month the CIA, that is, the Central Read More...

Filed under: College Funding, Consolidation, FaceBook, financial aid, MySpace, Next Student, NextStudent, Social Media, Social Networking, Social Networking Jobs, student loan consolidation, student loans
College Tuition: Illusions in Financial Aid? 25 January 07 07:24 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments: Recently I watched this great movie called “The Illusionist” with Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti and Jessica Biel . Great flick. Lots of smoke and mirrors and a great ending – with a major twist – that you never would expect. Princeton has received much Read More...

Filed under: College Funding, College Tuition, Consolidation, financial aid, Low-Income Students, Next Student, NextStudent, student loan consolidation, student loans
Hope On The Horizon: Student Debt Relief Act in Senate 24 January 07 08:47 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments: I have posted blogs in the past several weeks regarding states that are implementing college financial aid programs at the community college or public college level, making education an affordable reality for lower-income students. Just yesterday a major Read More...

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