college loans

Student Funding Group Announces New Private Loan Products

…  number of new private student loan products. Some of these loans will feature no fees and are designed for students looking to finance their college education or consolidate private loan debt. The StuFund Solutions …

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Wilson will use NSF grant for scholarships

…  College was recently awarded $313,275 in grant funds from the National Science …  said Brittain. “The funds will augment other Wilson College scholarship aid and help students reduce reliance on student loans.” In addition to enrolling full time at Wilson and majoring in …

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

How college financial aid works

…  educated. For that reason, there is a system to provide college monies for those who can demonstrate need. To qualify for financial …  met through grants, work-study programs, scholarships and loans. If a family’s EFC (Expected Family Contribution) is somewhat …

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

Lawsuit dismissed against student loan agency

…  agency from supplying money to Gov. Matt Blunt’s college construction plan has been dropped. A Cole County judge had denied a …  state law to help ensure college students have access to loans. Blunt first proposed in January 2006 to sell off the loan agency as a …

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

Academic Financial Solutions Advises Recent Graduates Not to Delay on College Loan Consolidation

…  debt consolidation company based in Tampa, Florida, alerts college graduates who graduated last May or June not to delay on college loan …  obligations.” Repayments on federal student loans begin exactly six months from the graduate’s actual graduation …

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Study up before taking out private-lender student loan

…  college costs continuing to rise, parents and students are increasingly turning …  amount of money borrowed from private lenders to pay for college rose from $1.3 billion to $17.3 billion, according to MSN Money …  Weston. Why should this concern you? Because not all loans are created equal. There are three basic types of loans available to …

Sunday, October 14th, 2007

College funds for foster children mostly unused

…  care system, lobbied the state’s General Assembly as a college student in support of a foster child tuition grant program. The …  students eligible for the program must exhaust all loans and federal work-study funds before they can receive any money from the …

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

3 Schools Act To Settle College Loan Questions

…  private colleges in Connecticut will add a total of $75,000 to their scholarship funds …  General Richard Blumenthal said Monday. Trinity College, Fairfield University and Sacred Heart University all denied any …  for the whole country in conduct and standards for student loans.” The code is the result of a continuing investigation of student …

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

House OKs Pell grant increase, lower college-loan interest rates

…  students and halving interest rates on federally backed loans with the savings. The bill passed 273-149, in a sometimes-raucous …  of lenders, exposing systems of paying commissions to colleges to win business and offering college officials free trips and other …

Friday, July 13th, 2007

College Cost Reduction Act

College is becoming more affordable for students with loans. Legislature passed the College Cost Reduction Act today. The 18-billion dollar investment will go …

Friday, July 13th, 2007

NextStudent Urges Wisdom When Considering College Debt Repayment Strategy

…  college students across the country recently have received their degrees and …  into the real world, which includes repaying their student loans. According to NextStudent, a leading Phoenix-based education funding company, composing a strategy for repaying college student debt is simple, once borrowers are armed with accurate, easily …

Saturday, July 7th, 2007

New law increases student loan limits

College students will be able to borrow more from Uncle Sam and pay less in fees …  the first time that the annual limits on federal Stafford Loans have increased since 1992. Over the same time period, tuition rates have …  a student may need if he or she attends a fifth year of college, Taylor said. “The government is essentially saying you can borrow more …

Saturday, July 7th, 2007