Browse by Tags

• American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers
• Art &amp
• bank-based FFEL program
• Beckie Supiano
• bridge loans
• campus housing
• cash strapped students
• college
• College Board
• college campuses
• college dropout
• college financial aid
• college governing board
• college grant
• college loans
• college plans
• college registrars
• counselor
• David Dewhurst
• decision date
• Department of Educaiton
• deposit
• direct lenders
• Direct Loan Program
• Eastern Kentucky University
• economy
• emergency aid
• emergency loan
• enrollment numbers
• Eric Hoover
• FAFSA
• family finances
• Federal Family Education Loan Program
• federal student loan
• federal student loans
• fees
• FFELP
• financial aid office
• Free Application for Federal Student Aid
• funding shortage
• GreenNote
• housing
• income loss
• inflation
• James Ackinson
• job loss
• Judith Zaffirini
• Kentucky
• Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority
• KHEAA
• Kim Clark
• lawmakers
• legislators
• LendingClub
• Lexington Herald-Leader
• loan rate
• loan terms
• low cost loan
• median fee rate
• median tuition
• NACAC
• NACAC member schools
• National Association for College Admission Counseling
• NextStudent
• paying for college
• peer to peer lending
• peer to peer loan
• private institutions
• professional judgment review
• public universities
• recession
• school sponsored scholarships
• school vouchers
• Science Group
• Senator Zaffirini
• Shelley Park
• social lending
• Space Availability Survey
• Spelman College
• Student Lending Analytics
• student loan agency
• student loan crisis
• student loans
• survey results
• teacher
• Terrence Stutz
• Texas Senate
• textbooks
• The Chronicle of Higher Education
• The Dallas Morning News
• The Student Loan People
• third-party lenders
• transfer students
• tuition
• tuition cap
• tuition hikes
• U.S. News & World Report
• universities
• unpaid bills
• unpaid tuition

After 86% Tuition Increase, Texas Senate Says “Enough Is Enough”
14 May 09 12:09 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The Texas Senate has voted to limit future tuition hikes, including a 5–percent yearly cap for the largest universities in the state, after seeing the state’s 35 public universities increase tuition and fees 86 percent since 2003. Read More...

Filed under: college, college financial aid, college governing board, college loans, colleges, David Dewhurst, fees, financial aid, inflation, Judith Zaffirini, lawmakers, legislators, median fee rate, median tuition, NextStudent, paying for college, public universities, Senator Zaffirini, student loans, Terrence Stutz, Texas Senate, The Dallas Morning News, tuition, tuition cap, tuition hikes, universities

Attention Freshmen and Transfer Students: Colleges Still Have Openings
07 May 09 03:25 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Almost 260 colleges and universities around the country still have openings for students, and most of these schools still have ample financial aid available. Read More...

Filed under: Art &amp, Beckie Supiano, campus housing, college, College Board, college campuses, college financial aid, college loans, college plans, colleges, counselor, decision date, deposit, economy, enrollment numbers, Eric Hoover, financial aid, housing, NACAC, NACAC member schools, National Association for College Admission Counseling, NextStudent, paying for college, private institutions, recession, Science Group, Space Availability Survey, student loans, survey results, teacher, transfer students, tuition, universities

Number of Students With Unpaid Tuition Bills Growing
13 January 09 04:24 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Colleges and universities all across the country are seeing larger numbers of students who may soon be forced to drop out of college due to unpaid bills, according to a recent survey (“ Unpaid College Tuition Bills Rise, Survey Finds ,” U.S. News & Read More...

Filed under: American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, cash strapped students, college, college dropout, college financial aid, college grant, college loans, college registrars, colleges, emergency aid, emergency loan, FAFSA, family finances, federal student loan, financial aid, financial aid office, Free Application for Federal Student Aid, GreenNote, income loss, job loss, Kim Clark, LendingClub, loan rate, loan terms, low cost loan, NextStudent, paying for college, payment plan, peer to peer lending, peer to peer loan, professional judgment review, recession, school sponsored scholarships, social lending, Spelman College, student loans, tuition, U.S. News & World Report, universities, unpaid bills, unpaid tuition

Direct Loan Program Gaining Ground on Bank-Based FFEL Program
29 October 08 04:27 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

According to a recent survey of college financial aid directors, the federal government’s Direct Loan Program — through which families get federal student loans directly from the Department of Education — could eclipse the government’s now dominant Federal Read More...

Filed under: bank-based FFEL program, college loans, colleges, Department of Educaiton, direct lenders, Direct Loan Program, Federal Family Education Loan Program, federal student loans, FFELP, financial aid, NextStudent, Student Lending Analytics, student loans, The Chronicle of Higher Education, third-party lenders, universities

Kentucky Student Loan Provider Is Out of Money
13 August 08 02:08 PM | Student Loan Girl | 1 Comments   

The Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority, the state agency that provides college loans to students attending colleges and universities in Kentucky, will “effectively run out of money” Friday while it waits to receive a $50 million loan from Read More...

Filed under: bridge loans, college loans, colleges, Eastern Kentucky University, federal student loans, financial aid, funding shortage, James Ackinson, Kentucky, Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority, KHEAA, Lexington Herald-Leader, NextStudent, school vouchers, Shelley Park, student loan agency, student loan crisis, student loans, textbooks, The Student Loan People, tuition, universities