Higher Ed Roundup: Week of July 14 - July 18

Dept. of Ed Requests Emergency Survey on Credit Transfers Few Colleges Join TEACH program New Repayment Program for Borrowers May Not Help All ... turns in to a loan if students fail to meet their commitment to teach for four years following graduation. The change from grant to loan can occur even while students are teaching if their schools move [more...]

Date: 2008-07-19 00:31:00

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Help a Reader: Funding College

Here's a question I recently received from a reader: Should I take a new Stafford Loan for school, or just put it on a credit card? CC rate is 5.9% Student Loan is 6.8% Each 6 month term will be around 3k. I'm looking at 4 terms to finish. The tax benefits of the Student Loan are interesting, but I'm not sure how great they will really [more...]

Date: 2008-08-26 19:46:10

How To Get Home Equity Loan Without Income Verification

A fixed loan option is perfect for individuals who know exactly how much money is needed and only want to borrow up to 125% of the property value and usually offers a fixed interest rate. The 125% loan allows the borrowers to borrow at any time, such as for home improvements or sending children to college. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 02:40:09

The Daily Poverty Post.

You are looking at Bossy when she graduated from college, which was approximately eighteen years after she began ... from her husband yesterday saying, “Oops, I forgot about your student loan!” Of course you don’t remember, because Bossy never told you! And guess how much Bossy still owes on her student loan [more...]

Date: 2008-10-17 13:56:44

Are You Worried About Paying for College?

Are you worried about paying for college next year? Hate to say it, but you have good reason to be nervous ... their endowments are hurting. Our student loan guru Mark Kantrowitz, who also started the site FinAid, offers ... . What if mom or dad loses their job? What if you only qualify for an expensive private loan… [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 18:20:53

Green College Spotlight: Harvard University

This Ivy League college is known for being a leader in many arenas, ... Program, Graduate Green Living Program, FAS – Resource Efficiency Program, Green Campus Loan Fund ... like the library, dining hall and grad student housing [more...]

Date: 2008-10-13 11:00:38

___ and you are alone.

___ and you are alone. January 15th, 2009 Decompression Alot of people I know talk about it how they may work on a certain project for a period ... at my college and with a winter break that last’s a month. Even with the best savings I can manage ... started to pay off student loans or anything like that. FUCK {5} INT WINDOW MORNING Just the [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 18:48:00

Links for Thursday, January 15, 2009

Michael Rozeff: How to Steal Billions in Plain View: Bernanke’s Robber Banks - “Bernanke urges Congress to absorb the bad loans ... on various risks of owning portfolios of bad loans. The idea is for the bankers to offload ... Something has gone terribly wrong with the American dream. No longer is a college degree – or even [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 15:48:07

List of 101 Top paying Adsense Keywords with maximum CPC

.fullpost{display:inline;} Here are a list of the High Paying Adsense Keywords which Google pays ... $15.9616car loans$11.7917construction estimating software$5.8018domain names$17.5719debt$13.1820degree ... degree$13.7461online psychology degree$20.7862online college degree$14.1063payroll software$7.9564pay per [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:30:00

Student Loans By the Numbers

I can’t believe summer is actually over. Where did the time go? As summer comes to a close, it is nice to welcome the start of football season. Let’s just hope my fantasy football team can actually win a game. I’m not excited about the prospects of becoming the Detroit Lions of my fantasy league. First off, I wanted to share this awesome graphic from College Scholarships.org . I’m so glad they shared this with me and I could then share it with my readers: Ask Mr. Credit Cards Spe [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 22:45:22

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

Thinking Of A Mortgage Loan Modification? Evaluate Your Current…

Homeowners have different reasons why they need a mortgage loan modification. Many are prompted to apply for a new loan because of lower interest rate. Some are changing from adjustable rate to fixed rate. Others want to tap the equity of their home for home improvement, take a vacation or pay for college tuition.But whatever it is, mortgage refinancing provides an opportunity to save money. But how will you know if you can really save by refinancing your current loan. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 17:48:03

By Saying Yes, WaMu Built Empire on Shaky Loans

As a supervisor at a Washington Mutual mortgage processing center, John D. Parsons was accustomed to seeing baby sitters claiming salaries worthy of college presidents, and schoolteachers with incomes rivaling stockbrokers’. He rarely questioned them. A real estate frenzy was under way and WaMu, as his bank was known, was all about saying yes. [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 04:44:56

40 Money Tips for College Students

I remember the first day I set foot at college, it was a mixture of excitement and fear at the prospect of being on my own ... , myself included, this means graduating with some student loan debt (I had and still have over $20k in student loans) but that’s OK. Avoid credit card debt at all costs. Consider this, if you owe [more...]

Date: 2008-09-24 11:43:57

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

Ouch! RPOF lights into Siplin, the "shady, deadbeat felon"

Sometimes, a press release should be printed in its entirety. Case in point, this Republican Party of Florida presser against Orlando Sen ... college student, the Florida Democrat Party tried to launch a smear campaign against Belinda Ortiz ... , 09/06/2002)  Additionally, Siplin owes Florida taxpayers $150,000 for a business loan he received from Miami [more...]

Date: 2008-09-30 22:39:42

8 Tips for Talking About Money With Your Significant Other

About the author: Margaret is a recent college grad who writes at love God, not money about how she and her boyfriend are saving up money to get married, pay off student loan debt and head to seminary. Money is one of those things you’re not supposed to mention in polite [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 18:00:44

Obama v. McCain on the Issues: Making College Affordable

After all the lies we heard coming out of the RNC, and since the Republicans had their chance yet choose not to talk about REAL ISSUES for an entire ... awards. In addition, he voted against reducing student loan costs, and opposed giving middle income [more...]

Date: 2008-09-06 02:08:05

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