Student Loan Blog
NextStudent Home
|
Student Loan Blog
Browse by Tags
All Tags
»
Department of Education
(RSS)
accreditation
American Council on Education
college
College Access
College Funding
college loans
Commission on the Future of Higher Education
Community Colleges
Consolidation
credit crisis
credit crunch
Debit Cards
decision 2008
democratic primary
direct lending
ecomonmic slowdown
Education Department
Edward Kennedy
FDLP
Federal Direct Loan Program
Federal Family Education Loan Program
Federal Grants
federal loans
Federal Register
Federal Student Aid
Federal Student Loan Program
Federal Student Loans
FFELP
FinAid
FinAid.org
financial aid
financial aid administrators
funding
graduate students
H.R. 5
Higher Education
Higher Education Budget
Hillary Clinton
Interest Rates
Kelly Field
Kim Clark
Lending Disclosures
Loans
Margaret Spellings
Michigan State University
mortgage crsis
mortgage industry
mortgage meltdown
MSU
NASFAA
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators
Need-Based Aid
Next Student
NextStudent
Ohio University
parent PLUS loans
Pell Grant
Pell Grants
Perkins Loan Program
Perkins loans
Philip Day Jr.
PLUS Loans
predatory lending
preferred lender lists
Preferred Lenders
presidential candidates
presidential primaries
private loans
private student loans
recession
Rick Shipman
Scholarships
Sen. Edward Kennedy
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
Spellings
Stafford Loans
STAR Act
State News
Strengthening Institutions Program
Strengthening Student Aid Act of 2008
Student Debt Relief Act
student loan consolidation
student loan crisis
student loan information
Student Loan Legislation
student loans
subsidized
Sunshine Act
Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant Program
The Chronicle of Higher Education
U.S. News & World Report
undergraduate
University of Maryland
Sen. Hillary Clinton Unveils Plan to Tackle the Student Loan Crisis
29 April 08 10:56 AM
|
Student Loan Girl
|
0 Comments
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton recently announced the details of a sweeping plan to help ensure students have continued access to federal student loans amid a flurry of private lenders leaving the federal student loan program. “Hundreds of thousands of students
Read More...
Financial Aid Administrators Oppose New Preferred-Lender List Rule
23 April 08 06:01 PM
|
Student Loan Girl
|
0 Comments
The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators has asked the Department of Education to reconsider its interpretation of a new rule that requires colleges to have at least three student loan lenders that are not affiliated with each
Read More...
Kennedy to Colleges: Have Back-Up Plan for Students
21 April 08 05:34 PM
|
Student Loan Girl
|
0 Comments
In a letter sent to the American Council on Education on April 15, Sen. Edward Kennedy , D-Mass., the chairman of the Senate Education Committee, urged colleges to sign up for the Department of Education’s Federal Direct Loan Program as a preventive measure
Read More...
Department of Education Planning Emergency Financial Aid Survey
18 April 08 04:45 PM
|
Student Loan Girl
|
0 Comments
In an effort to better gauge the availability of federal student loans, the U.S. Department of Education is planning to issue an emergency survey to the 4,500 colleges that participate in the Federal Family Education Loan Program. With almost 50 FFELP
Read More...
Availability of Federal Perkins Student Loans Is Dwindling
13 April 08 10:28 AM
|
Student Loan Girl
|
0 Comments
A growing shortage of funds in the federal Perkins student loan program could affect as many as 50,000 students in the upcoming academic year, according to a recent article in U.S. News & World Report . Students who would have been eligible to receive
Read More...
Who Decides if Higher Ed in the United States is Up to Par?
25 April 07 09:47 PM
|
Student Loan Girl
|
0 Comments
So, I’ve been following the quality and accountability in higher education debate for a while. Basically, the U.S. Department of Education, represented by Margaret Spellings, the Secretary of Education, and representatives from higher education institutions
Read More...
College Student Aid May Soon Be Disbursed by Debit Cards
24 April 07 10:04 PM
|
Student Loan Girl
|
0 Comments
According to the April 23, 2007 article by Paul Basken, titled “ New Rules Are Designed to Streamline Flow of Federal Student Aid to Colleges and Students” that appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Representatives of the U.S. Education Department,
Read More...
Higher Education Accreditation
20 April 07 08:03 PM
|
Student Loan Girl
|
0 Comments
Who gets to choose what is acceptable when it comes to student performance in higher education; bottom-line, what agency sets the standards for accreditation. According to an April 19, 2007 article written by Doug Lederman, titled “Showdown Looms on Accreditation,”
Read More...
In Defense of a Higher Budget for Higher Ed
21 March 07 03:26 PM
|
Student Loan Girl
|
0 Comments
I do not know if this always holds true, but my observation has been that when politicians clash, at least when it comes to debating budget issues in higher education, students benefit. “The U.S. under secretary of education appeared before the House
Read More...
College Student Loan/Aid Programs: TRUE Reform Forthcoming?
27 February 07 06:16 PM
|
Student Loan Girl
|
0 Comments
In the midst of the plethora of democratic legislation being in limbo (STAR Act, Sunshine Act, Student Debt Relief Act, H.R. 5, still pending), the U.S. Department of Education appears to be doing something fresh and original. Instead of devising ways
Read More...
Who Are They Kidding? Defend Your Rights While You Still Can
23 February 07 10:28 PM
|
Student Loan Girl
|
0 Comments
On Monday, Feb. 19, 2007 I wrote about the new STAR Act, whose proponents claim that with all the potential savings to be won by colleges switching from the FFELP (Federal Family Education Loan Program) to the FDLP (Federal Direct Lending Program), approximately
Read More...
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...
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...
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...
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...
More Posts
Next page »
Sign in
|
Join
Syndication
This Blog
Home
Email
Tags
admissions
advertising
Amazon
Associated Press
Blogging
blogs
business
BusinessWeek
California
CDC
CEO
Chronicle of Higher Education
college
College Funding
College Life
college loans
College Rankings
College Tuition
community college
Congress
Consolidation
credit crisis
credit crunch
Department of Education
dorm life
dorms
Education
Education Department
FaceBook
Federal Family Education Loan Program
Federal Student Aid
Federal Student Loans
FFELP
financial aid
Freshmen
Google
graduate school
graduate students
grants
green
Harvard
health
health risks
Higher Education
Higher Education Act
income
inflation
Inside Higher Ed
In-State Tuition
Institute for Higher Education Policy
International Students
Internet
Internships
iPhone
iPOD
Italian
iTunes
Katherine Mangan
Loan Forgiveness
Low-Income Students
Margaret Spellings
marketing
MBA
media
medical colleges
money
MySpace
Need-Based Aid
New York Times
Next Student
NextStudent
Pell Grant
Pell Grants
private student loans
Scholarships
Sen. Edward Kennedy
Social Networking
STAR Act
student debt
Student Debt Relief Act
student life
student loan consolidation
student loan crisis
student loan crunch
student loan debt
student loan information
Student Loan Legislation
student loans
Students
study abroad
technology
The Chronicle of Higher Education
trends
tuition
U.S. Department of Education
U.S. News & World Report
undergraduate admissions
undergraduates
University of Southern California
YouTube
Navigation
Blogs
Photos
Archives
May 2008 (27)
April 2008 (27)
March 2008 (4)
February 2008 (5)
January 2008 (5)
December 2007 (5)
November 2007 (5)
October 2007 (4)
September 2007 (11)
August 2007 (20)
July 2007 (21)
June 2007 (14)
May 2007 (22)
April 2007 (22)
March 2007 (22)
February 2007 (19)
January 2007 (22)
December 2006 (22)
November 2006 (18)
October 2006 (19)
September 2006 (17)
August 2006 (23)
July 2006 (16)
June 2006 (17)
May 2006 (20)
April 2006 (19)
March 2006 (23)
February 2006 (20)
January 2006 (23)
December 2005 (41)
Search
Go