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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

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

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

Private Student Loans: Who Gets Them and Why?
21 December 06 10:21 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

When the federal funds run dry and you still need more money to cover the costs of college, what do you do? Well, many students turn to private loans in order to foot the ever-increasing collegiate tuition bill. Private student loans can cover everything Read More...

Filed under: College Funding, Consolidation, Department of Education, financial aid, Next Student, NextStudent, private student loans, Stafford Loans, student loan consolidation, student loans

Students Have a Choice of Lenders, Colleges May be Required to Make that Clear
20 December 06 10:34 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

So, you get accepted to college, fill out your FAFSA, receive your SAR, and see that you can take out an unsubsidized Stafford loan and your parents can take out a PLUS loan. Well, what do you do now? You find a lender, and most students ask the financial Read More...

Filed under: College Funding, Consolidation, Department of Education, financial aid, Lending Disclosures, Next Student, NextStudent, Preferred Lenders, student loan consolidation, student loans