Need Money for College - Borrow Smartly

... or hit pay dirt. However, there are plenty of options for taking a loan to fund a college education. Some examples are Perkins loan, Subsidized and Unsubsidized Stafford loans, Federal Parent Plus Program [more...]

Date: 2008-07-10 04:10:00

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Good Debt vs. Bad Debt

by Michael Geoffrey Yes, there is such a thing as good debt ... in the long run. * Student loans - Getting a college education is a good investment as well. By earning ... a start up loan for a business venture this can be good debt. Again you are borrowing in order to give [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 20:09:45

Hard Times for Student Borrowers

Kelly Lynch, a former Columbia College Chicago film and video major, is paying educational loan lender Sallie Mae $600 a month, ... loan lender suspended its student loan consolidation program in April. The policy shift left many ... about 1 percent of his total student loan debt of $60,000. Though Lynch, 21, never received [more...]

Date: 2008-06-30 16:02:42

NASFAA's Misplaced Priorities

The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) ... of the student loan industry. This time, the group's focus is on ensuring that lenders and colleges ... Family Education Loan (FFEL) program, Day urged Paulson and Spellings to take "similar effective [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 19:20:10

How to Eliminate Debt – Debt Consolidation As an Exceptional Method to Get Rid of Student Loan Debt

In these days, getting superior education is critical. Superior education will probably give a higher competitive appointment differentiated of the rest young candidates in the market. Still, in our society almost all good things have a price tag including education. Coinciding with research, education is contemplated as one of the main important investments of the majority of the population; they fund education setting up such as university or college debt. [more...]

Date: 2009-08-19 01:01:07

Number-Crunching the Effects of Student Loans

College Scholarships.org has the bad financial news for college students explained simply and graphically below. The immediate effects of student loans are explained, as well as the long-term effects (the ones you thought you’d be done thinking about that many years down the line). I’m hoping that the nationwide foreclosure situation has educated everyone as to what happens when people are allowed to borrow beyond their means. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 22:01:51

When to Begin Investing for a Child’s Education

I do not have any children. I am, however, planning to have children at some point in the future ... was not to put money away for my children’s education. Not only did the loans end up being a burden on their Mother and I, but on them as well. How may years have you been paying off college loans? Don’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 16:30:37

AES Student Loans Review (pfblogs.org)

American Education Services is a private company that offers information and applications for a variety of governmental and private financing options for students all under one roof. Their website http://www.aessuccess.org/ allows students and their parents to compare various college loan programs, search out financial aid and scholarships [more...]

Date: 2008-10-14 03:04:06

Student Loan Debt Crushing Graduates

I support higher education, but after seeing a lot of college graduates working at Starbucks, ... s $85-billion student loan market. She borrowed heavily, presuming that all her debt was part ... in photography from Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara. She also picked up $140,000 in student debt [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 12:00:18

Damn “loan sharks”

In Forbes newest issue:  “The Great College Hoax:  Higher education can be a financial disaster.  Especially with return on degrees down and student loan sharks on the prowl.”  [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 19:54:01

Bad Credit Student Loans

by Dave Davidson For individuals who would like to get a college education, the cost of tuition can often make or break their decision ... need, you may be able to qualify for a Federal Stafford loan or Perkins loan. The Stafford loan issued ... loans. There is another kind of Stafford loan that is unsubsidized. This means that once the loan [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 21:13:19

10 of the Millennium’s Best College Business Scandals

Having a higher education usually means making a higher income, but these ten deal snatchers have made an art form of pilfering available resources ... list. About 90% of students look no further when seeking a federally guaranteed student loan ... returned millions to the schools based on loan volume the schools referred. Six schools have agreed [more...]

Date: 2008-09-04 19:30:49

Another Reason to Skip College

Another Reason to Skip College Posted by Karen DeCoster at 08:59 AM This article claims that student loan defaults are still under 10%, ... allowing them to seize income-tax refunds, withhold professional licenses and enlist collection agencies to gather payments. Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Education withheld eligibility [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 14:59:40

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