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- Daily Aid 43: Financial aid crisis arrives, December scholarships
Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:08:53 +0000
Daily Aid 43: Financial aid crisis arrives, December scholarships Student Financial Aid News From NASFAA and the Wall Street Journal: “As Americans curb their spending and battle to keep up with credit cards and mortgages, another type of debt is starting to overtake people: student loans,” The Wall Street Journal reports. “Although the U.S. has experienced economic downturns [...] - Happy Thanksgiving and leftovers
Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:45:57 +0000
As we celebrate Thanksgiving this year, please consider this super-easy leftovers tip: whatever you don’t need, whatever’s extra, please donate to a local food pantry, soup kitchen, or homeless shelter. Even just an extra can of cranberry sauce or can of coffee makes a difference, and it’s so easy to do. Don’t know where the nearest [...] - FAP888: Rachel Schmidt, Cleveland State University Interview
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Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:51:49 +0000
FAP888: Rachel Schmidt, Cleveland State University Interview Listen now: Expert Interview I had a chance recently to speak with the director of financial aid at Cleveland State University, Rachel Schmidt, about all kinds of financial aid advice, from finding scholarships to College Goal Sunday to appealing your financial aid award for more aid. A terrific 27 minute interview! 5 [...] - Daily Aid 42: Tuition and preparedness, jobs, mailbag
Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:24:15 +0000
Daily Aid 42: Tuition and preparedness, jobs, mailbag Student Financial Aid News A few days ago, the state of South Carolina’s student loan agency announced that it would no longer be able to meet private student loan needs beginning as early as spring of 2009. As always, feel free to check out www.PrivateStudentLoans.com, a Student Loan Network [...] - Yes You Can: An open message to my colleagues
Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:34:12 +0000
The #1 question I receive at conferences and events from financial aid administrators and others is, “Can we share your stuff/link to your web site?”. Yes, you can. In fact, I encourage you to do so. Please free free to share the Scholarship Search Secrets eBook at www.studentscholarshipsearch.com/ebook. Please feel free to share the Financial Aid Podcast. [...] - FAP887: Scholarship Search Secrets at MASFAA (341mb)
Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:50:48 +0000
Enjoy this session at MASFAA, and please feel free to share it. Scholarship Search Secrets View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. Direct link to MP4 video file. Download the Scholarship Search Secrets eBook for free here. 5 most recent Financial Aid Podcast posts Subscribe to RSS headline updates from: Powered by FeedBurner Did you enjoy this? If so, please consider [...] - Daily Aid 41: MASFAA Financial Aid Conference Day 2
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:11:39 +0000
Still on the road today, attending the last day of the MASFAA financial aid conference. Some insights from yesterday… The state of Massachusetts so far has not cut budgets for financial aid for FY09, which is good news for Massachusetts students. That said, with the current economic pressures, that status is not guaranteed in the coming [...] - Daily Aid 40: The MASFAA Financial Aid Conference, Day 1
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:30:54 +0000
Daily Aid 40: The MASFAA Financial Aid Conference, Day 1 It’s been a fascinating and somewhat troubling time here at MASFAA, the Massachusetts Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. Fascinating because I’ve picked up a ton of useful information about changes in financial aid, gotten great feedback on the Scholarship Search Secrets eBook and the FAFSA [...] - MASFAA 2008 Financial Aid Conference (0mb)
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:51:12 +0000
I’m at the Massachusetts Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators this week, and materials from my presentations and others will be put here as they’re available. If you attended one of my sessions, thank you so much for being a part of the sessions, and please give me feedback about how the session materials can [...] - FAP886: Mark Nazario, Cleveland State University Interview (9mb)
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:00:04 +0000
FAP886: Mark Nazario, Cleveland State University Interview Listen now: Expert Interview I had a chance recently to speak with the director of undergraduate admissions at Cleveland State University, Mark Nazario, about getting into college, what’s important, what’s not, and what students should be doing to improve their chances of getting into the school of their choice. A terrific [...] - The Perfect Senior Project
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:27:07 +0000
Over dinner with Professor Mark Frydenberg of Bentley University, the topic came up about how new media could be used as part of a senior project. Here’s an idea I’d love to throw out to other college seniors and students to see what you think. We know new media is powerful. You have unparalleled access [...] - Daily Aid 39: Twitter scholarship, no bailout for student loans yet
Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:14:56 +0000
Daily Aid 39: Twitter scholarship, no bailout for student loans yet Student Financial Aid News From Bloomberg: The Bush administration told congressional aides it won’t ask lawmakers to release $350 billion remaining as part of the $700 billion U.S. financial- rescue package, people familiar with the matter said. The administration of President George W. Bush ends in less than [...] - Daily Aid 38: FastWeb student loan survey, financial aid crisis
Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:18:16 +0000
Daily Aid 38: FastWeb student loan survey, financial aid crisis Student Financial Aid News You might not know this, but I’m also the editor of FAFSAonline.com, our free FAFSA guide web site. We’re getting ready to update the site for the 2009-2010 FAFSA and need your help. If you’ve used FAFSAonline.com, please leave feedback and suggestions on [...] - How to raise money for the Student Platinum savings challenge
Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:25:42 +0000
I’ve been watching the Student Platinum $500 Savings Challenge bloggers for a few days now, and something interesting has struck me. Everyone is talking about how they’ll save money, about how they’ve committed to putting money aside. Except for a few folks doing the soda can recycling thing, no one is talking about how to bring [...] - FAP885: Financial aid crisis, student loans, free stuff (16mb)
Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:31:51 +0000
FAP885: Financial aid crisis, student loans, free stuff Listen now: Weekly Financial Aid Roundup Federal student loan programs get a shot in the arm. A massive overview of the new GI bill. The Coming Financial Aid Crisis, Part 2. Scholarship of the Week The Assumption College Merit Scholarship Program was established to reflect the College’s commitment to upholding a campus culture [...] - Daily Aid 37: The All Mail Bag Day
Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:46:51 +0000
Daily Aid 37: The All Mail Bag Day Tons and tons and tons of mail. Let’s knock it down. Manuel writes in: this dosent make any sense why am i still a dependent if im going to have no support of my parents.(moving out). is there another way? Melissa writes in: Hi I`m 18 years old and having the same [...] - Daily Aid 36: The Coming Financial Aid Crisis, Part 2 in a Series
Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:18:50 +0000
The Coming Financial Aid Crisis, Part 2 in a Series In the first part of this discussion on the coming financial aid crisis, we talked about Pell Grant shortfalls and increased demand due to enrollments. Let’s dig into some heavier economic data to see what may lie ahead. Here’s a chart of underutilized labor from the Bureau [...] - Happy Veteran?s Day and New GI Bill Details
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:35:21 +0000
In commemoration of Veteran’s Day, I’d like to point you to some education benefits for veterans, including the details of the New GI Bill, or post-9/11 GI Bill. Veterans Benefits summary The New GI Bill This new benefit will cover the full cost of education at any public school in the country and many private schools. To qualify [...] - Daily Aid 35: Federal student loans get a shot in the arm
Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:07:06 +0000
Daily Aid 35: Federal student loans get a shot in the arm Student Financial Aid News From Inside Higher Ed: In addition to replicating the loan purchase and pool investment programs it put in place for 2008-9, which would cover loans made through September 30, 2010, the department plans to allow for the creation of ?conduits? (likely to [...] - Does a college degree matter? It does for employment!
Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:34:27 +0000
I’d like to call your attention to two charts from the October Bureau of Labor Statistics report. First, this chart. Click on the chart for a larger version. The official October 2008 unemployment rate is 6.5%. However, if you count in discouraged workers (people who have given up trying to find a job), marginally attached workers (day [...] - FAP884: Online degrees, cost of college, free stuff challenge (15mb)
Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:34:39 +0000
FAP884: Online degrees, cost of college, free stuff challenge Listen now: Weekly Financial Aid Roundup This week we talked online degrees with Adrian Marrullier. Go listen! Kim Clark had a great piece on the value of a college degree. We also talked about the CSS profile in depth with feedback from two financial aid administrators. A reporter asked this week [...] - Zounds! Apple untethering podcasting at last!
Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:47:00 +0000
According to MacRumors, Apple is FINALLY freeing podcasting from the constraints of iTunes and allowing podcasts to be downloaded over the air. This is a big, big deal, and a change we’ve been waiting for in the podcasting community forever. The new iTunes Store screenshots confirm that Apple will be delivering over-the-air downloads for both video and [...] - Daily Aid 34: The value of a college degree, FAFSA EFC
Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:29:02 +0000
Daily Aid 34: The value of a college degree, FAFSA EFC Student Financial Aid News Kim Clark from US News sent over her new article on the cost of college and what a degree is really worth: As the price of a college degree continues to rise, there’s growing evidence that the monetary payoff isn’t quite as big [...] - FAP883: Online Degrees 101 Interview (15mb)
Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:51:58 +0000
FAP883: Online Degrees 101 Interview Listen now: Expert Interview I got a chance to sit down and talk with Adrian Marrullier, EVP of Sales and Marketing at Bisk Education about the world of online degrees. We went over who online degree programs are for, who they’re not for, what’s involved, how to save money with distance learning [...] - Voting in Metrowest Boston
Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:25:31 +0000
Voting has begun for the 2008 Presidential Election. Some scenes from the polls follow, Long lines started early in the morning, around 6:30 AM: By the time polls opened, lines were out the door: Old school voting booths: The ballot: The machine that records your vote: Putting the ballot in: Young and old, rich and poor, every race and class voting: The lines [...] - Go vote!
Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:13:32 +0000
I don’t care who you vote for, just that you vote. Go vote today! And don’t forget once you’ve voted to go get a free cup of coffee at Starbucks. 5 most recent Financial Aid Podcast posts Subscribe to RSS headline updates from: Powered by FeedBurner Did you enjoy this? If so, please consider subscribing for free to [...] - Daily Aid 33: Financial aid professionals comment on the CSS Profile
Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:32:06 +0000
Daily Aid 33: Financial aid professionals comment on the CSS Profile Breaking News Vote tomorrow and get a free cup of coffee at Starbucks. Student Financial Aid News From Inside Higher Ed: The reality that only about 7 in 10 students earn degrees after four years in high school has been widely deplored. But if that situation is seen as [...] - FAP882: Cutting college costs, free stuff challenge, saving money (17mb)
Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:18:16 +0000
FAP882: Cutting college costs, free stuff challenge, saving money Listen now: Weekly Financial Aid News Roundup + No gift cards this holiday season! + State of the student loan industry + How to cut college costs up to 50% + Part 2 of reducing college costs + Next week I release a public beta of our Scholarship Search Secrets eBook version [...] - Daily Aid 32: FAFSA EFC and the CSS Profile - How Much You Can Pay For College
Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:00:01 +0000
Daily Aid 32: FAFSA EFC and the CSS Profile - How Much You Can Pay For College Student Financial Aid News From Inside Higher Ed: At Shenandoah University, there have been a few senior-level administrators who have decided to forgo their raises altogether, placing the money in an emergency fund that is being used to help existing students [...] - Daily Aid 31: How to cut your cost of college education in half
Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:16:19 +0000
Daily Aid 31: How to cut your cost of college education in half Student Financial Aid News From all over the place - lenders are curtailing credit cards by increasing credit requirements and reducing available credit, including student credit cards. Defaults have been rising across the board on all forms of lending, but credit cards have been [...] - Daily Aid 30: State of the student loan industry
Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:24:38 +0000
Daily Aid 30: State of the student loan industry Student Financial Aid News From NASFAA and the Chronicle: “This year’s growth in the Education Department’s direct-lending system could be replicated in 2009, possibly leaving the now-dominant bank-based system as the minority supplier of federal student-loan money by next fall, according to findings from a new survey of colleges,” [...] - Holiday shopping tip: do not give gift cards!
Sun, 26 Oct 2008 05:48:55 +0000
This holiday season, you may be tempted to use gift cards as a convenient way to buy a present for someone who’s notoriously tough to buy for. Don’t do it. Give cash instead. Here’s why - it has nothing to do with etiquette or propriety and everything to do with the mechanism of gift cards. Gift cards feel [...] - FAP881: Credit crisis, Sallie Mae, FAFSA updates (14mb)
Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:26:27 +0000
FAP881: Credit crisis, Sallie Mae, FAFSA updates Listen now: Weekly Financial Aid News Roundup From the Chronicle: Moody?s Investors Service has placed two colleges that invested in Commonfund?s short-term fund on a watch list for credit-rating downgrades and has issued a negative ratings outlook for a third. The colleges ? Franklin Pierce University, Simmons College, and Suffolk University [...] - Daily Aid 29: The credit crisis hits college campuses
Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:58:06 +0000
Daily Aid 29: The credit crisis hits college campuses Student Financial Aid News From NASFAA and the AP: “The credit crunch has officially arrived on campus,” the Associated Press reports. “In a new survey, private colleges report their students are finding it significantly harder to secure the private loans they need to pay tuition bills. More alarmingly, nearly [...] - Daily Aid 28: FAFSA Secrets and Hidden Traps
Wed, 22 Oct 2008 07:54:42 +0000
Daily Aid 28: FAFSA Secrets and Hidden Traps A special blog post while I’m on the road to Arizona for a couple of days off - and yes, vacation for me is doing public speaking! I’ve been working on the 2009-2010 FAFSA guide for the coming year over the past week or so, learning the ins [...] - Daily Aid 27: Give a little help to your friends
Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:26:24 +0000
Daily Aid 27: Give a little help to your friends Student Financial Aid News From MSNBC: It’s prime college-visiting season for the high school class of 2009, which next fall will send the greatest number of graduates on to college in American history. But the souring economy and crisis on Wall Street are shrinking families’ college savings, and [...] - FAP880: Economy, scholarships, shortfalls, free stuff (17mb)
Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:37:53 +0000
FAP880: Economy, scholarships, shortfalls, free stuff Listen now: Student Financial Aid News From NASFAA: “It’s ‘the mother of all shortfalls,’ according to one Washington insider. Others worry that it may get lost amid the nation’s larger financial crises involving banks and mortgage lenders,” Diverse: Issues In Higher Education reports. “But one thing is increasingly clear: Fueled by a declining [...] - Daily Aid 26: How to understand how the economy is really doing
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:55:29 +0000
Daily Aid 26: How to understand how the economy is really doing Eye on the Economy I want to do a special today to give you some tools for understanding the market a little better, some things to keep an eye on, and some explanations so that when you see financial news in the headlines, you know [...] - Daily Aid 25: Surveying the economic landscape
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:31:26 +0000
Daily Aid 25: Surveying the economic landscape Student Financial Aid News From the Chronicle: The Wal-Mart Foundation, the chain store?s philanthropic arm, announced today a $4.2-million grant to the Institute for Higher Education Policy, which will use the money to support programs that help students who are the first in their families to go to college succeed at [...] - Daily Aid 25: Surveying the economic landscape
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:31:26 +0000
Daily Aid 25: Surveying the economic landscape Student Financial Aid News From the Chronicle: The Wal-Mart Foundation, the chain store?s philanthropic arm, announced today a $4.2-million grant to the Institute for Higher Education Policy, which will use the money to support programs that help students who are the first in their families to go to college succeed at [...]
