Student Loan Blogs
College students are well enough into the second semester to be settled into their own routines of class schedules, study groups, school clubs and part-time jobs. It already is February, right in the middle of winter. The days are short, it gets dark...
The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, S. 1932, was narrowly approved Feb. 1 by the House of Representatives. Passing by a two-vote margin of 216-214, S. 1932 now is cleared for President Bush’s signature.
The vote came on the heels of President...
In his Jan. 31 State of the Union address President Bush discussed education and introduced the American Competitiveness Initiative, which, according to the National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs Inc.’s Feb. 1 Daily Briefing, is “designed...
Along with obtaining student loans, college students have additional options to help them get their higher education. Those who have student loans also can participate in the Federal Work-Study program to help them pay for college.
The Department...
It cannot be reiterated enough that this Wednesday, Feb. 1, is the date for the scheduled vote on budget reconciliation, totaling $39.7 billion. Included in the package is a whopping $12.7 billion in cuts to student loans along with cuts to other entitlement...
For college seniors, graduation is just months away. Graduating seniors have been preparing for the long-awaited commencement for almost four years. It may only be the end of January, but May is a short four months into the future. The keyword here is...
It is said that a man’s (or woman’s) home is his (or her) castle. Along those same lines, a dorm room is a college student’s castle, at least until the student moves off campus. Therefore, if your dorm is your castle, the least you can do is make the...
While speaking Jan. 23 at Kansas State University in Manhattan, KS, President Bush discussed the war on terror and the Patriot Act, among other topics. He later fielded questions from the audience about topics including Social Security, reduction of deployable...
Student loans can be used for a variety of college needs. Most often they are used for paying tuition, textbooks and on-campus housing. Students frequently are not aware that they also can use student loans to help pay for the little extras, such as meal...
Direct lending supporters object to a portion included in the budget reconciliation bill “that would shift funding for college financial aid administration from mandatory to discretionary spending,” according to the Jan. 23 installment of the National...
With so many positive things happening at college campuses, it’s easy to forget about some of the serious stuff.
Campus life brings with it a new sense of maturity and independence for many students. There are class schedules, study groups, homework,...
Students now are in the thick of it. Classes by now have resumed throughout the country at all colleges and universities. Everyone is settling back into the routine of college and campus life. Students are back at their dorms or off-campus apartments...
On Jan. 31 Congress is scheduled to assemble for the Second Session of the 109th Congress. Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-IL, scheduled Feb. 1 as the date for final consideration of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, or H.R. 4241.
During the end of...
Many students find, as they do every semester, that they are in a class that doesn’t suit them. There also are students who desperately wanted a class that was closed, so they instead took another class. Oftentimes, a wrong class isn’t a good fit. However,...
The House is scheduled to assemble Jan. 31 for the second session of the 109th Congress. Feb. 1 was scheduled by Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-IL, “as the tentative date for final consideration of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (H.R. 4241),” according...
College students want to make sure to start off the second semester in the correct manner. It’s especially important for freshmen or other students who didn’t do that well in their first semester.
It’s true there are many things going on at school...
Classes have resumed for most college students after a nice long winter break. Although at some colleges and universities classes don’t start until next week, most all students have been preparing for second semester.
After being home for almost...
Higher Ed State Spending Increases
The Jan. 9 National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs Inc.’s Daily Briefing stated a FY2005-06 funding increase according to an annual survey on state spending for higher education. The survey was conducted...
High School seniors throughout the country are applying to colleges and universities with hopes of eventually receiving acceptance letters to the higher learning institutions of their choice.
For seniors in high school, it’s a busy time. Senior...
The Government Accountability Office, or GAO, on Jan. 5 issued the “Student Consolidation Loans: Potential Effects of Making Fiscal Year 2006 Consolidation Loans Exclusively through the Direct Loan Program,” report. According to Shelly Repp, reporting...
Many students throughout the country will head back to campus this weekend, as classes at many universities and colleges resume next week. Some students got a head start and already are back at school getting ready for next semester to begin.
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College students are in their third week of winter break. They will go back to school next week or the week after. Time sure does fly by when you’re on vacation.
It seems like it took forever for the holidays and vacation to arrive. There were...
Two important measures immediately prior to the holidays were passed by Congress. The two bills will be essential in contributing to hurricane relief, as reported by Shelly Repp in the Jan. 3 installment of the National Council of Higher Education Loan...
It’s week three of winter break. The holidays and New Year’s Eve have come and gone, and there’s still about two weeks left of your vacation. Your holiday shopping is done, as is returning those unwanted gifts. Family obligations are complete. Now it’s...
Some interesting news recently was released with regard to literacy rates of adults who possess a college education. Students easily could view the information as a type of proof that a college education is worth the student loans for which they apply....
