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- Catch Up on College Savings
- With no college savings plan in place for their younger daughters, John and Michelle Kazanjian need to start investigating scholarships and community colleges. Fortunately for their parents, the older Kazanjian girls have won generous grants:...
- Articles 2009-09-04
- How to Pay for Graduate School
- Molly Laurain faces a tough decision in a delicate economy: Pursue a graduate degree to boost her credentials in a tight job market or hang onto the job she has? We show her how to make that decision, and explain how to pay for school should she ? or you...
- Articles 2009-11-10
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- A College Savings Account Disaster
- When 529 prepaid college plans arrived on the scene in the 1990s, the college savings accounts seemed like the dullest, most risk-free investments that a parent could ever make. The prepaid plans appeared perfect for conservative investors, who were too scared to save for college through the stock market. ...
- Blog posts 2009-10-05
- Proposed FFELP Cuts Would Be "Severe," New Analysis Says
- To: EDUCATION EDITORSContact: Kevin Bruns of America's Student Loan Providers, +1-202- 721-1190, Kevin@aslp.info WASHINGTON, July 18 /PRNewswire/ -- "The die has yet to be cast- the potential catastrophic impact of the proposed $18 billion cuts in student loans can be averted," Kevin Bruns, executive director of America's Student Loan Providers,...
- Research articles 2007-07-18
- Proposal For Simplified EFC (Not EFC)
- This tool implements a proposal by Mark Kantrowitz for an extreme simplification of the federal need analysis methodology. It argues that if the loan repayment cap in the income-based repayment program is sufficient to evaluate ability to pay after a student graduates college, it should also be sufficient to evaluate...
- Tools & templates 2009-01-01
- Back to College? Six Smart Ways to Cut Costs on a New Degree
- Getting another degree or even just taking a course can boost your earning power and make you more employable. Here’s how to do it on the cheap. ...
- Articles 2009-08-25
- The Expensive Student Loan Trap
- Making its way through Congress (at the usual pace--ketchup coming out of a bottle) is a bill that promises to reform student loans. Called SAFRA for Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, it would eliminate FFELP or Family Federal Education Program loans. (Doncha love the acronyms?) The bill would knock out bank...
- Blog posts 2009-10-08
- The Horrors of Defaulting on a Student Loan
- Defaulting on a college student loan will be a financial nightmare. Mark Kantrowitz, the creator of FinAid.org, says that defaulting on students loans is a "one-way ticket to hell." by Lynn O'Shaughnessy
- Blog posts 2009-11-13
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