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Student Financial Aid News Podcasts

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The Student Financial Aid News Podcast is a free podcast providing timely information about financial aid, student loans, and topics regarding education, personal finance, and more.

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FAP878: $10,000 Scholarship, The Coming Financial Aid Crisis in audio

FAP878: $10,000 Scholarship, The Coming Financial Aid Crisis in audio Listen now: Weekly Financial Aid News Roundup + The Coming Financial Aid Crisis Scholarship Update + Student Loan Network $10,000 Scholarship Mail Bag + Wayne asks, what private student loan lenders are left? Jobcast + Keeping your resume out of the trash Free Stuff Friday + Google Voting Map - tells you all the deadlines [...]

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FAP877: Wishful Presidential Address on the Economy

FAP877: Wishful Presidential Address on the Economy After a rough ride on the markets, I thought a friendly voice might help a little, and in good fun, this is what I wish our politicians would say but probably won’t. Click the play button to listen now: – Good evening, my fellow Americans and everyone else tuning in, too. Today [...]

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FAP876: Alliance for Young Artists and Writers Scholarship

FAP876: Alliance for Young Artists and Writers Scholarship Listen now: Expert Interview + Bryan Doerries, Associate Executive Directory, Programs, from The Alliance for Young Artists and Writers + Doerries on scholarships, writing, and support of creativity in education + Award details at our free student scholarship search site 5 most recent Financial Aid Podcast posts Subscribe to RSS headline updates from: [...]

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FAP Extra: Student loans, AIG, credit default swaps interview on Talk Radio News

I had the opportunity to discuss student loans and student lending, AIG, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, and explain the credit crisis on Talk Radio News, going into detail about credit default swaps, subprime, Alt-A, and leverage. Thanks to Dan Patterson, TRN and ABC correspondent, for the interview. Listen now: Direct file download: MP3 file 5 most recent [...]

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FAP874: Student loan companies, jobcast, Free Stuff Friday

FAP874: Student loan companies, jobcast, Free Stuff Friday Listen now: Download the MP3: MP3 file Student Financial Aid News Roundup My Rich Uncle (ticker: UNCL) ceased lending this week. Lehman Brothers (ticker: LEH) is on the rocks. They may not survive the weekend. As a result, their private student loans subsidiary, Campus Door, won’t make it, either. Sallie Mae (ticker: [...]

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Economic effects of 9/11

As we commemorate 9/11 today and remember all that has happened since that day 7 years ago, I thought I’d do something different in terms of commentary on the day and highlight the economic impact of the day. I’d urge you to read the Congressional Research Service’s Economic Effects of 9/11 white paper. It’s a [...]

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Presenting at Inbound Marketing Summit

I presented at the Inbound Marketing Summit on the topic of Should Your Business Be Podcasting? Here’s the video: Video streaming by Ustream The slides are located here - use these rather than squint at the video! Ims08 View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. Resources - Corporate The Financial Aid Podcast The Student Loan Network Resources - Personal Mitch Joel at PodCamp Toronto PodCamp Personal [...]

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FAP873: First Financial Aid Podcast weekly episode

FAP873: First Financial Aid Podcast weekly episode Listen now: News articles from this week on the Daily Aid + California cuts budgets + College inflation index increases + Student loan inducements Scholarships this week + Anne Ford LD Scholarship + Echoing Green Fellowship + ZoomPanel scholarship Free Stuff Friday + Free tire gauge from Slime + Quaker simple harvest bars + Tide Total Care sample + Sailing Media [...]

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How to listen to the Financial Aid Podcast

I’ve just published a brand new PDF guide to help you and your friends, family, and colleagues tune into the Financial Aid Podcast. It details step by step instructions for using Apple’s free iTunes software or Google Reader to listen to the show. Please share this guide with anyone who needs help subscribing to the podcast! [...]

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FAP872: Hurricanes, Education Finance Partners, Free Stuff

FAP872: Hurricanes, Education Finance Partners, Free Stuff Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + NASFAA/SF Chronicle: “Education Finance Partners, one of the companies at the center of New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s investigation into student-lending practices last year, has abruptly ceased making student loans and is clearing out of its San Francisco headquarters,” The San Francisco [...]

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FAP871: State FAFSA deadlines, broadband scholarship, job references

FAP871: State FAFSA deadlines, broadband scholarship, job references Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Forbes: “Corinthian Colleges is boosting its profits by increasing student enrollment, but the downside for the for-profit operator of North American colleges and trade schools is that it now expects an increased number of defaults,” Forbes reports. “‘During the fourth quarter, we [...]

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FAP870: The History of the Financial Aid Podcast

FAP870: The History of the Financial Aid Podcast Listen now: Expert Interview + A brief history of the Financial Aid Podcast and why we started this grand adventure + April 2005 was the first show + Started with FAFSA training internally + Everything changed in June 2005 with iTunes + Since then… 751,229 downloads, 5 eBooks, and tons of folks helped + [...]

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FAP818: Financial aid makes tuition go up, Free Stuff Friday

FAP818: Financial aid makes tuition go up, Free Stuff Friday Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Chronicle: The nation’s largest student-loan company, Sallie Mae (ticker: SLM), reported on Thursday that investors had quickly bought up $2.5-billion worth of its debt. The sale was “significantly oversubscribed,” the company said in a written statement. + And the nation’s largest [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP818: Financial aid makes tuition go up, Free Stu ...

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FAP817: Photography scholarship, state student loan agencies, authority

FAP817: Photography scholarship, state student loan agencies, authority Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Chronicle: Despite last month’s unprecedented action by Congress and the Bush administration to shore up the student-loan industry, some of those state-authorized organizations say they may not return to the loan business this year, and others are cutting some of the borrower [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP817: Photography scholarship, state student loan agencies, au ...

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FAP815: Expert Interview with Dr. Allen Weiss

FAP815: Expert Interview with Dr. Allen Weiss Listen now: Expert Interview + Something different today - Professor Allen Weiss from the University of Southern California and CEO of MarketingProfs + We discuss how marketing is working against your best interests, tricks marketing uses to get you to buy things you don’t need, and how to use marketing for [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP815: Expert Interview with Dr. Allen Weiss", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/06/10 ...

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FAP814: Veterans Benefits Summary, Veterans Scholarships

FAP814: Veterans Benefits Summary, Veterans Scholarships Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Inside Higher Ed: A pledge of free tuition in Denver has focused attention again on whether college students who do not have legal immigration status in the United States should be punished for that status. As the Los Angeles Times reported, Denver’s mayor, John [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP814: Veterans Benefits Summary, Veterans Scholarships", url: "http://www.financialaidpodca ...

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FAP813: Emergency community college aid, Free Stuff Friday

Image via Wikipedia FAP813: Emergency community college aid, Free Stuff Friday Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Four YouTube videos that make colleges cringe + Chronicle: Emergency aid for community college students. One of the programs, the Dreamkeepers fund, offers emergency aid to eligible students at 11 community colleges serving large numbers of low-income students. The other program, [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP813: Emergency community college aid, Free Stuff Frida ...

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New eBook: How to write a killer cover letter!

Thanks to the help of the Financial Aid Podcast community, and the team of folks who gave feedback, I’m proud to announce the newest addition to our catalog of publications, How To Write A Killer Cover Letter, a Student Loan Network eBook. It’s hosted right now at the graduate career center at GraduateCenter.com, but you [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "New eBook: How to write a killer cover letter!", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/06/05/new-ebook-how-to-write-a- ...

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FAP812: Free healthcare, free housing, and $80K salary jobs

FAP812: Free healthcare, free housing, and $80K salary jobs Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + NASFAA: There is some confusion in the student aid community about whether FFELP loans made under the Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008 (H.R. 5715) would retain any borrower benefits. The Act gives the Department temporary authority to [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP812: Free healthcare, free housing, and $80K salary jobs", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com ...

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FAP811: Winning the College Admission Game

Image via Wikipedia FAP811: Winning the College Admission Game Listen now: Expert Interview + Today I speak with Peter Van Buskirk, author of Winning the College Admission Game + Peter was the dean of admissions at Franklin & Marshall College where I did my undergraduate work, plus work at Peterson’s, and his own consulting firm + A fantastic 24 minute [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP811: Winning the College Admission Game", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/0 ...

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FAP810: Facebook, green car scholarship, financial aid mailbag

FAP810: Facebook, green car scholarship, financial aid mailbag Listen now: Student Financial Aid News Image via Wikipedia + Inside Higher Ed: SUNY Plattsburgh using Facebook applications for recruiting + Want to get into the college of your choice? Write them a Facebook app. Reminds me a little of one of the key factors in getting into my undergraduate college. + [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP810: Facebook, green car scholarship, financial aid mailbag", url: "http://www.financiala ...

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FAP809: Quack like a duck, pay for college

FAP809: Quack like a duck, pay for college Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Free credit reports, scores, and monitoring from Transunion + Chronicle: the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved legislation last week that would significantly expand veterans’ tuition benefits while providing billions of dollars for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The bill awaits action in the [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP809: Quack like a duck, pay for college", url: "http://www.financiala ...

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FAP808: Get $1 for listening to the Financial Aid Podcast

FAP808: Get $1 for listening to the Financial Aid Podcast Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Chronicle: After months of artfully promoting doomsday scenarios for the federal student-lending system, the nation’s student loan companies appear to have won terms from Congress and the Bush administration that could help both the lenders and the student borrowers. + The [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP808: Get $1 for listening to the Financial Aid Podcast", url: "http://www.fina ...

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FAP807: Finding a summer job in a tight economy

FAP807: Finding a summer job in a tight economy Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Chronicle: Citibank (ticker: C), one of the nation’s largest providers of student loans, has told a series of colleges in recent days that it won’t be doing business with them any longer. + The bank’s student-lending division, the Student Loan Corporation (ticker: [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP807: Finding a summer job in a tight economy", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.c ...

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FAP806: Dr. Eric Abercrumbie on Diversity (EASFAA 2008)

FAP806: Dr. Eric Abercrumbie on Diversity (EASFAA 2008) Listen now: A special presentation today from the EASFAA 2008 Conference. Dr. Eric Abercrumbie speaks to EASFAA on the topic of diversity in a 48 minute talk that is engaging, hilarious, and powerful. Laugh out loud, think a lot, and enjoy this terrific keynote talk. Dr. Eric Abercrumbie hails [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP806: Dr. Eric Abercrumbie on Diversity (EASFAA 2008)", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/05/28 ...

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FAP805: Selling names, FAFSA EFC, MN SELF Loans

FAP805: Selling names, FAFSA EFC, MN SELF Loans Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Two blog posts over the weekend for you to check out + Yesterday we presented the Veterans Administration list of educational benefits for surviving dependents of active duty service members killed in action + Also had a blog post on staycationing, some tips on [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP805: Selling names, FAFSA EFC, MN SELF Loans", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/05/27/fap805- ...

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VA Educational Assistance for Survivors

Something important for today. This pamphlet, published by the VA, details the educational assistance benefits offered to spouses of soldiers killed in active duty. If you are a surviving spouse, you have up to 10 years to file a claim with the VA to take advantage of these benefits for yourself and your children, if [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "VA Educational Assistance for Survivors", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/05/26/va-educational-assistance-for-survivors/" });

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FAP804: Veterans Bill, Student Lenders Return, Free Stuff Friday

FAP804: Veterans Bill, Student Lenders Return, Free Stuff Friday Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Chronicle: Many student-loan companies are still assessing the industry-rescue plan outlined on Wednesday by Education Secretary Margaret Spellings (The Chronicle, May 22). Several that left the federal loan program, however, have seen enough and are jumping back in. + Even before the [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP804: Veterans Bill, Student Lenders Return, Free Stuff Friday", u ...

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EASFAA 2008 Conference Photos

Here’s a mashup of photos taken at EASFAA 2008, set to Audiopharm’s The Groove: These photos are all licensed under the Creative Commons license, By-NC-SA 3.0 US. This means you are permitted: To share them To modify them To re-use and redistribute them As long as you include this license As long as you credit FinancialAidPodcast.com and StudentLoanNetwork.com with every photo [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "EASFAA 2008 Conference Photos", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcas ...

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FAP803: Federal student loan programs back in business, Jobcast

FAP803: Federal student loan programs back in business, Jobcast Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Big news yesterday - the Department of Education released a letter detailing how the student loan buyback program will work + 1% origination fee, par value, accrued interest, plus $75 flat servicing fee for all student loans + This is a big deal [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP803: Federal student loan programs back in business, Jobcast", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/20 ...

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FAP802: New Media and Financial Aid EASFAA 2008

In this 44 minute presentation, I had the pleasure of speaking at EASFAA 2008 about how podcasting and new media can change the way that financial aid offices can communicate with their students. Direct link: MP4 video file (408 MB) Watch now: Slides: | View | Upload your own Resources mentioned: + Scholarship Search Secrets eBook (Fourth Edition) + The Student [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP802: New Media and Financial Aid EASFAA 2008", url: "http://www.financialaidpodca ...

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FAP801: Live update from EASFAA

FAP801: Live update from EASFAA Listen now: Quick Update + Four quick updates from the EASFAA conference + 10% - 20% of PLUS loan borrowers are likely to run into credit challenges in the coming year + Fix your credit sooner rather than later - check out our credit repair tutorials at StudentPlatinum.com + Institutional loans - school as lender [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP801: Live update from EASFAA", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/05/20/fap801-live-update-from-eas ...

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FAP800: Stories from the Financial Aid Podcast

FAP800: Stories from the Financial Aid Podcast Listen now: I wanted to take a few moments to celebrate five success stories from the Financial Aid Podcast over the past 800 episodes. These are all real, all true, and all great examples of the power of new media, the power we have to change lives for the [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP800: Stories from the Financial Aid Podcast", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/05/19/fap800-stories-from-the-financial-aid-podcast/" });

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FAP799: Perkins Loan problems, free stuff Friday

FAP799: Perkins Loan problems, free stuff Friday Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Inside Higher Ed: The House of Representatives voted 256-166 Thursday to support a major expansion of education benefits provided to veterans who have served since 9/11. The measure now moves to the Senate. While support is strong in both houses — and includes [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP799: Perkins Loan problems, free stuff Friday", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/05/16/fap7 ...

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FAP797: Financial Aid For Parents of Young Children

FAP797: Financial Aid For Parents of Young Children Listen now: Disclosure: I am not a certified financial planner or a CPA. Please consult a qualified professional before making any major financial changes. The single most important thing you can do is to start saving sooner rather than later. A qualified CPA or CFA will be able to [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP797: Financial Aid For Parents of Young Children", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/05/14/fap797-financial-ai ...

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FAP796: When public schools cost more than private schools

FAP796: When public schools cost more than private schools Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + SignOnSanDiego: Ivy League and other elite colleges may soon be cheaper for some of the state’s top students than California’s public universities. The governing boards for the California State University and University of California systems will consider increasing fees tomorrow for [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP796: When public schools cost more than private schools", ur ...

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Anna Ivey on College Wait Lists

Friend of the Financial Aid Podcast and graduate admissions consultant Anna Ivey was recently interviewed by WCVB Boston 5. Congrats, Anna, on joining the Financial Aid Podcast as one of the local education resources! SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Anna Ivey on College Wait Lists", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/05/12/anna-ivey-on-college-wait-lists/" });

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FAP795: How to write a scholarship thank you letter

FAP795: How to write a scholarship thank you letter Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + NASFAA: “Citigroup Inc (ticker: C), hard hit by the global credit crunch, is expected to present plans to sell roughly $400 billion of extraneous assets when it meets with investors and analysts on Friday, people familiar with the situation said,” The [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP795: How to write a scholarship thank you letter", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/05/ ...

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FAP794: Massive free stuff Friday, scholarship secret

FAP794: Massive free stuff Friday, scholarship secret Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + NASFAA: “‘Financial aid’ most commonly refers to scholarships: direct grants that students need not pay back… policymakers are starting to admit that the system designed to make college more affordable is making it less so,” according to The Indianapolis Star. “Here’s why. ‘When [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP794: Massive free stuff Friday, sc ...

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FAP793: Writing effective cover letters that sell

FAP793: Writing effective cover letters that sell Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Yesterday we did a special on HR 5715 - make sure you grab the PDF! + Inside Higher Ed: All the turmoil in the student loan industry has plenty of lenders and others worried, but you don’t need to lose sleep over Sallie Mae [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP793: Writing effective cover letters that sell", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/05/08/fap793-writing-effective-cover-lett ...

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FAP792: Special Bulletin: President Bush signs HR 5715 into law

FAP792: Special Bulletin: President Bush signs HR 5715 into law Student Financial Aid News + Rather than do an audio episode trying to read what’s essentially a bunch of charts, I made a bunch of charts, just for you. Download HR5715 Simply Put as a PDF! Did you enjoy today’s show? If so, please consider subscribing for free to [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP792: Special Bulletin: President Bush signs HR 5715 into law", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/05/07/f ...

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FAP791: Skyrocketing meal plans, PLUS loans, loan indexes

FAP791: Skyrocketing meal plans, PLUS loans, loan indexes Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Chronicle: Students are likely to see a sharp increase in the cost of on-campus meal plans this fall, as rising food prices have sent some college food-service operations into deficits and have forced many to get creative with their fixed budgets. As [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP791: Skyrocketing meal plans, PLUS loans, loan indexes", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/05/0 ...

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FAP790: The Fed, TAF, APA, and College Costs

FAP790: The Fed, TAF, APA, and College Costs Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Did the Financial Aid Podcast alter Fed policy? + The Higher Education Act expired on Friday. How does this affect you? It doesn’t, really. Everything is still working. + Stafford federal student loans at StaffordLoan.com Scholarship Update + APA 20th Anniversary Psychology Scholarship + In celebration of [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP790: The Fed, TAF, APA, and College Costs", url: "http://w ...

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FAP789: PLUS Loan Moral Hazards, Free Stuff Friday

FAP789: PLUS Loan Moral Hazards, Free Stuff Friday Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + NASFAA: HR 5715 approved - going through final phases now + Increase Annual and Aggregate Stafford Loan Limits + The bill would increase the following loan amounts for loans first disbursed on or after July 1, 2008: + Increases the additional unsubsidized Stafford annual limits [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP789: PLUS Loan Moral Hazards, Free Stuff Friday", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast ...

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FAP788: Reputation protection online

FAP788: Reputation protection online Jobcast + On the road this AM, talking about Google, personal brand, and keeping things clean Did you enjoy today’s show? If so, please consider subscribing for free to get it delivered to you. Subscribing for free means you don’t have to remember to download it every day. + + + Direct MP3 file download: [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP788: Reputation protection online", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/05/01/fap788-reput ...

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FAP787: Using LinkedIn To Build Your Personal Network

FAP787: Using LinkedIn To Build Your Personal Network News You Can Use + A session I did about LinkedIn, from PodCamp NYC. + Find me at http://www.linkedin.com/in/cspenn Watch Now: Slides: | View | Upload your own Direct video file: M4V for iPods file Did you enjoy today’s show? If so, please consider subscribing for free to get it delivered to you. [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP787: Using LinkedIn To Build Your Personal Network", url: "http://www.financialaidpod ...

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FAP786: How much student loan debt is too much?

FAP786: How much student loan debt is too much? Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Chronicle: If Congress wants more low-income students to enroll in college, it should provide larger Pell Grants to the poorest of them, says a new report out today. + The report, “Window of Opportunity: Targeting Federal Grant Aid to Students With the [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP786: How much student loan debt is too much?", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/04/29/fap786-how ...

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FAP785: The Missing Free Stuff, Student loan troubles

FAP785: The Missing Free Stuff, Student loan troubles Listen now Student Financial Aid News + Back from PodCamp NYC + Chronicle: Rarely does a president devote a national address to a higher-education issue; several experts could not remember one since a televised speech on student aid by President Nixon. But on Saturday, Mr. Bush reaffirmed recent comments by [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP785: The Missing Free Stuff, Student loan troubles", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/ ...

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FAP784: Local Scholarships, PLUS Loan Borrower Protection Act

FAP784: Local Scholarships, PLUS Loan Borrower Protection Act Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Inside Higher Ed: Momentum has been building for the federal government to take increasingly aggressive steps to wade into the student loan markets, even amid continuing disagreement about whether and/or how serious a crisis there really is. At the urging of lenders, [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP784: Local Scholarships, PLUS Loan Borrower Protection Act", url: "http://www.financia ...

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FAP783: Special Episode - Earth Day

FAP783: Special Episode - Earth Day Listen now: It’s Earth Day, a celebration of all things environmental. Here at the Financial Aid Podcast, we celebrate TWO kinds of green - green living, and the green color of money. Environmentalism is profitable and cost reducing, and today’s show features ways that you can be environmentally sound AND [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP783: Special Episode - Earth Day", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/04/22/fap783-special- ...

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FAP782: What to do if your financial aid check bounces

FAP782: What to do if your financial aid check bounces Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + From the Boston Globe: Checks issued by private student loan guarantee agency are bouncing. + Teri spokeswoman Beth Bresnahan called the glitch “regrettable,” explaining that the group’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization had frozen its assets, including money earmarked for checks already [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP782: What to do if your financial aid check bounces ...

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Opinion: Cutting off community colleges from student loans is dangerous

Listen now: Direct MP3 file download: Click here to download the MP3 The recent announcements by some major lenders that companies are withdrawing student loans from colleges based on low graduation rates is likely to impact community colleges the most. Community colleges tend to have lower graduation rates than 4 year institutions. This is an incredibly [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Opinion: Cutting off community colleges from student loans is dangerous", url: "http://www.financialaid ...

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FAP780: MEFA, 7 essential job hunting productivity tools

FAP780: MEFA, 7 essential job hunting productivity tools Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + I was on WCVB again last night about this piece of news - MEFA, the Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority, our state-run student loan agency, is withdrawing from the federal student loan market as of July 1. + If you are a student who [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP780: MEFA, 7 essential job hunting productivity tools", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/04/17/fap780-m ...

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FAP779: Roundtable Discussion - Paying for College in Uncertain Times

FAP779: Roundtable Discussion - Paying for College in Uncertain Times Listen now: Good morning and good afternoon. My name is Christopher Penn, host of the Financial Aid Podcast, and this is the Student Loan Network Live Roundtable: How to Pay for College in Uncertain Times. I have with me here today five experts from the financial [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP779: Roundtable Discussion - Paying for College in Uncertain Times", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/04/16/fa ...

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FAP779: Roundtable Discussion - Paying for College in Uncertain Times

FAP779: Roundtable Discussion - Paying for College in Uncertain Times Listen now: Good morning and good afternoon. My name is Christopher Penn, host of the Financial Aid Podcast, and this is the Student Loan Network Live Roundtable: How to Pay for College in Uncertain Times. I have with me here today five experts from the financial [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP779: Roundtable Discussion - Paying for College in Uncertain Times", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/04/16/fa ...

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Need an IRS Tax Return Filing Extension for Income Taxes?

April 15 is the deadline for filing a federal tax return. But not everybody can meet that deadline. If you need more time to get your paperwork in, make sure you file a Form 4868, Automatic Extension of Time to File, with the IRS by the April 15 deadline and you’ll get an automatic six-month [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Need an IRS Tax Return Filing Extension for Income Taxes?", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/04/15/need-an-irs-tax-return-filing-extension-for-income ...

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FAP778: 206 Full Tuition Scholarships, HELOC

FAP778: 206 Full Tuition Scholarships, HELOC Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + It’s tax day - reminders on Dunkin Donuts and your stimulus check + Inside Higher Ed: A few weeks after Harvard University announced a plan to reduce the debt or family contributions needed to attend its medical school, Yale University followed suit. Yale’s plan will [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP778: 206 Full Tuition Scholarships, HELOC", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/04/15 ...

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FAP777: Birthday, Sallie Mae Student Loan Consolidation, HELOC

FAP777: Birthday, Sallie Mae Student Loan Consolidation, HELOC Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Happy Student Loan Network anniversary Monique Leonard! + The Financial Aid Podcast celebrates 3 years on the air! + Hat tips to Mitch Joel, Erik & Diana, and pretty much my entire address book for this story: + Chronicle: Sallie Mae (ticker: SLM) announced today [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP777: Birthday, Sallie Mae Student Loan Consolidation, HELOC", url: "http://www.finan ...

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FAP776: US News and World Report, Free Stuff Friday

FAP776: US News and World Report, Free Stuff Friday Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Hey, we’re in US News and World Report! + An article by Kim Palmer and a followup blog post by Richard Mondello + I thought it was a good piece, informative, except for this paragraph: + “But consumer advocates are concerned that students may [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP776: US News and World Report, Free Stuff Friday", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/04/11/fap776 ...

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FAP775: Underwear scholarship, FAFSA, LinkedIn JobCast

FAP775: Underwear scholarship, FAFSA, LinkedIn JobCast Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Yesterday we had a terrific live episode talking about the student lending crisis - over 250 people tuned in live, and probably three times as many asked if they could grab a copy later + Why yes, yes you can! It will be next Wednesday’s [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP775: Underwear scholarship, FAFSA, LinkedIn JobCast", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/04/10/fap775-unde ...

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Financial Aid Podcast LIVE Today 12 PM Eastern

Financial Aid Podcast LIVE Today 12 PM Eastern The regular Financial Aid Podcast will not air this morning, as we will be having the Financial Aid Podcast LIVE at 12:00 PM ET today, Wednesday, April 9. At noon, visit: http://www.FinancialAidPodcast.com/live Promo + Financial Aid Podcast Live: Surviving the Credit Crunch Did you enjoy today’s show? If so, please consider subscribing for [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Financial Aid Podcast LIVE Today 12 PM Eastern", url: "http://www. ...

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SREB GoAlliance New Media Workshop Slides

I had the opportunity to present a 6 hour workshop on new media marketing to the members of the SREB GoAlliance last week in Atlanta. Here’s the slide deck from the academic portion of the workshop. SREB members in attendance will receive the audio accompanying these slides in a private email. | View | Upload [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "SREB GoAlliance New Media Workshop Slides", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/04/08/sreb-goalliance-new-media-workshop-s ...

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FAP774: TERI declares bankruptcy, private student loans, cost of college

FAP774: TERI declares bankruptcy, private student loans, cost of college Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + TERI, The Education Resource Institute, declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy last night. + Reuters: The largest not-for-profit guarantor of U.S. private education loans, on Monday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, saying rising defaults and credit market problems have damaged liquidity. + “Because [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP774: TERI declares bankruptcy, pri ...

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FAP773: Is your college degree brand worth it?

FAP773: Is your college degree brand worth it? Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Charlie Miller, former Spellings Commission member, has come out with a huge article on Inside Higher Ed about the true value of a college degree + Substituting some of his own assumptions for those used by the board — including six years of [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP773: Is your college degree brand worth it?", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/04/07/fap773-is-your-college-degr ...

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FAP772: Free stuff Friday, Lender of Last Resort, SREB

FAP772: Free stuff Friday, Lender of Last Resort, SREB Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + At the SREB GoAlliance conference yesterday + Some revelatory facts - every 26 seconds, a kid drops out of high school + In some southern states, kids drop out as early as 4th grade + The causes are many - family influence, money, time, [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP772: Free stuff Friday, Lender of Last Resort, SREB", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/04/04/fap772-free-stuff- ...

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FAP771: Jobcast: How To Get Started Out of College

FAP771: Jobcast: How To Get Started Out of College Listen now: Burston Marsteller PR agency’s Allie Osmar recently interviewed me for her show, the Creative Career, on what college students just graduating should be doing to get ready for a career after college. We cover tips like personal brand, LinkedIn, GTD, and more. This episode runs about [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP771: Jobcast: How To Get Started Out of College", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/04/03/fa ...

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FAP770: Two new scholarship search secrets

FAP770: Two new scholarship search secrets Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + AP Newswire: Seventeen of the nation’s 50 largest cities had high school graduation rates lower than 50 percent, with the lowest graduation rates reported in Detroit, Indianapolis and Cleveland, according to a report released Tuesday. + Nationally, about 70 percent of U.S. students graduate on [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP770: Two new scholarship search secrets", url: "http://www.financialaidp ...

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FAP769: Financial Aid Podcast April Fools Edition

FAP769: Financial Aid Podcast April Fools Edition Listen now: How To Meditate Welcome to the Financial Aid Podcast meditation session, a 6 minute meditation designed to help you relax and de-stress during your workday, study, or whenever you need a break. The meditation itself is only 6 minutes, so it’s perfect during a lunch break or coffee [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP769: Financial Aid Podcast April Fools Edition", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/04/01/fap769 ...

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FAP768: Determining which college is cheapest, YouTube Scholarship

FAP768: Determining which college is cheapest, YouTube Scholarship Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Chronicle: According to a new nationwide survey conducted through The Chronicle/Gallup Panel, 42 percent of Americans think that controlling college costs is “extremely important” for the next president to address, ahead of higher-education issues such as quality, college access for low-income students, [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP768: Determining which college i ...

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FAP767: Going green on Free Stuff Friday, Earth Day 2008

FAP767: Going green on Free Stuff Friday, Earth Day 2008 Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Inside Higher Ed: “Banks are marketing aggressively through a variety of channels. They’re calling students on the phone, they’re mailing to students, and they’re using a combination of on-campus and off-campus tables where they give away products, ranging from offers [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP767: Going green on Free Stuff Friday, Earth Day 2008", url: "http ...

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FAP766: Admissions Wait Lists and Using LinkedIn

FAP766: Admissions Wait Lists and Using LinkedIn Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Got some awesome mail to start my day from Nolan in Oregon: Thank you very much for publishing your Ebook on scholarships and making it free for students like me to access. Although I am a senior this year, I have enjoyed the [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP766: Admissions Wait Lists and Using LinkedIn", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/03/27/fap766-admissions-wait-lists-and-using-li ...

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FAP765: Student Loan TV Coverage of Scholarship eBook

FAP765: Student Loan TV Coverage of Scholarship eBook As promised earlier in the week, here’s the recent coverage of the Scholarship Search Secrets eBook in video - it’s about 52 MB and should be viewable on iPods and in iTunes. If you’d prefer to watch on the web, there’s a YouTube version and a high quality [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP765: Student Loan TV Coverage of Scholarship eBook", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/03/26/fap765-student-loa ...

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FAP764: Marketing Yourself for Scholarship Dollars

FAP764: Marketing Yourself for Scholarship Dollars Student Financial Aid News + Inside Higher Ed: Brazos Higher Education Service Corp., the fourth largest holder of guaranteed student loans, announced that it would no longer issue new student loans, Bloomberg reported. Brazos officials said that they hoped to re-enter the loan field if the credit crunch eases. + Chronicle: Financial [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP764: Marketing Yourself for Scholarship Dollars", url: "http://www.fina ...

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Scholarship Search Secrets on WCVB Boston 5

WCVB Boston 5 featured our free eBook, Scholarship Search Secrets, on the Six O’Clock News. The Student Loan Network has a series of resources that can help you in your search for college funding: Scholarship Search Secrets eBook FAFSA Form Tutorial eBook Personal Finance First Aid Kit ebook Special thanks to Bianca de la Garza of TheBostonChannel.com, as well as [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Scholarship Search Secrets on WCVB Boston 5", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.c ...

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FAP763: The Dark Side of No-Loan College Admissions

FAP763: The Dark Side of No-Loan College Admissions Student Financial Aid News + Great analysis piece on Inside Higher Ed about the darker side of colleges going no-loan + For colleges that go no-loan without being need-blind without changing the total amount of aid awarded, you effectively have more financial aid going to fewer students + Quick primer: need [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP763: The Dark Side of No-Loan College Admissions", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/ ...

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FAP762: Free Stuff Friday, federal student loans

FAP762: Free iced coffee at Dunkin Donuts, federal student loans Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Chronicle: Several financial companies that have formed partnerships with colleges in the “school as lender” program are cutting or terminating the scholarship payments they make to colleges, dealing another severe blow to a program already facing the possibility of elimination [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP762: Free Stuff Friday, federal student loans", url: "http:/ ...

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FAP761: Jobcast - How to find a job quickly

FAP761: Jobcast - How to find a job quickly Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + The 91 day T-Bill last night closed at 0.59% - a record low + If you have variable rate federal student loans from before July 1, 2006, this is good news for you - if T-Bills stay this low, your interest rates [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP761: Jobcast - How to find a job quickly", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/03/20/fap761-jobcast-how-to-find-a-job-quickly/" });

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FAP760: 3 Things You Must Know From Your Financial Aid Award Letter

FAP760: 3 Things You Must Know From Your Financial Aid Award Letter Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Inside Higher Ed: It probably won’t surprise too many people that a new federal report shows sizable increases in borrowing of federal loans by undergraduate students. But the extent of the borrowing, and the changes in who is [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP760: 3 Things You Must Know From Your Financial Aid Award Letter", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/03 ...

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FAP759: FAFSA, Returning Loan Money, Mail Bag

FAP759: FAFSA, Returning Loan Money, Mail Bag Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Inside Higher Ed: Two more colleges have joined the growing number pledging to eliminate student loans for low-income students. Claremont McKenna College announced Monday that it would eliminate loans from the aid packages of all current and new students, effective this coming fall. [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP759: FAFSA, Returning Loan Money, Mail Bag", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/ ...

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FAP758: Bear Stearns, JP Morgan, Mail Bag

FAP758: Bear Stearns, JP Morgan, Mail Bag Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Bear Stearns (ticker: BSC), the investment bank, disappeared over the weekend. After a major stock crash on Friday, the 85 year old bank was bought by JP Morgan Chase (ticker: JPM). People with investments with Bear Stearns will have those investments and accounts [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP758: Bear Stearns, JP Morgan, Mail Bag", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/03/17/fap758-bear-stea ...

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FAP757: Free coffee, free food, Free Stuff Friday

FAP757: Free coffee, free food, Free Stuff Friday Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Chronicle: Congress cut subsidies to private lenders while tightening rules on how they operate. More than a dozen lenders have already announced that they are leaving or scaling back their participation in the federally guaranteed loan program, and many more could follow. + [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP757: Free coffee, free food, Free Stuff Friday", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/ ...

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FAP757: Free coffee, free food, Free Stuff Friday

FAP757: Free coffee, free food, Free Stuff Friday Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Chronicle: Congress cut subsidies to private lenders while tightening rules on how they operate. More than a dozen lenders have already announced that they are leaving or scaling back their participation in the federally guaranteed loan program, and many more could follow. + [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP757: Free coffee, free food, Free Stuff Friday", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/ ...

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FAP755: How to write effective scholarship essays

FAP755: How to write effective scholarship essays Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Inside Higher Ed: Vassar College announced Tuesday that it is eliminating loans from the aid packages of students with family incomes of up to $60,000. While a number of prominent private colleges have been making such announcements, Vassar is one of relatively [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP755: How to write effective scholarship essays", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/03/12/fap ...

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FAP754: 7 Ways To Leverage Your Social Media Resume

FAP754: 7 Ways To Leverage Your Social Media Resume Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Made it into the New York Times! More on that in the Jobcast + Inside Higher Ed: The Utah Tax Commission has ruled that textbooks sold in college bookstores are part of the educational mission of colleges and thus are tax [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP754: 7 Ways To Leverage Your Social Media Resume", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/03/11/fap754-7-ways-to-leverage-your-social-m ...

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FAP753: 6 ideas to pay for college

FAP753: 6 ideas to pay for college Listen now: Student Financial Aid News+ Boston Globe: Nearly 30 percent of undergraduates at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will not pay tuition next academic year under a far-reaching financial aid initiative announced today, the latest in a host of expanded need-based programs at elite colleges and universities. + In [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP753: 6 ideas to pay for college", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/03/10/fap7 ...

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Super cheap living: popcorn

My wife and I recently watched an episode of Good Eats, and the subject was homemade popcorn. Let me tell you right now, folks, that homemade popcorn is better tasting, healthier, and much cheaper than anything you’ll buy in the store by far. Far be it for me to turn the podcast into a cooking show, [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Super cheap living: popcorn", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/03/08/super-cheap-living-popcorn/" });

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FAP752: Free stuff Friday, New England student loan troubles

FAP752: Free stuff Friday, New England student loan troubles Student Financial Aid News + Boston Globe: Amid a deepening credit squeeze and cutbacks in federal loan subsidies, New Hampshire’s nonprofit student-loan agency said this week that it will no longer offer private loans. The Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority, which lent money to 42,000 college students last year, [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP752: Free stuff Friday, New England student loan troubles", url: ...

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FAP751: Out sick, Audiopharm

FAP751: Out sick, Audiopharm Hey everyone, Chris is out sick today with a particularly nasty cold. Not to worry, he’ll be back tomorrow. In the meantime, here is a great piece of music called “The Groove” by Audiopharm, from the Podsafe music network. + Private Student Loan Consolidation Promo Did you enjoy today’s show? If so, please consider [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP751: Out sick, Audiopharm", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/03/06/fap751-o ...

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FAP750: Private student loan quandary, credit crunch

FAP750: Private student loan quandary, credit crunch Student Financial Aid News + Mark Kantrowitz published a large list of lenders who have exited the student loan business, and it’s pretty sobering. + I’ll do my best to keep you posted about changes in the lending industry, but in a sign of how severe this is getting, the Secretary [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP750: Private student loan quandary, credit crunch", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/03/05/fap750 ...

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FAP749: How I Got My Job, Private Student Loan Dangers

FAP749: How I Got My Job, Private Student Loan Dangers Student Financial Aid News + Chronicle: In a report released today that outlined some of the dangers of private student loans, the National Consumer Law Center reviewed 28 private loans issued from 2001 to 2006. The group found all the loans to have variable rates, with initial [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP749: How I Got My Job, Private Student Loan Dangers", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/03/04/fap749-how-i-got-m ...

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FAP748: Why student loan companies matter

FAP748: Why student loan companies matter Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + AP - Pennsylvania’s student-loan agency will temporarily stop making new loans through a federal program in response to a credit crunch that has created turmoil in the bond markets, the agency’s acting chief executive said Tuesday. + The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency decided two [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP748: Why student loan companies matter", url: "http://www.financ ...

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FAP747: Free music video from Matthew Ebel

FAP747: Free music video from Matthew Ebel Free Stuff Friday + Since I’m still on vacation, I thought I’d make downloadable this music video I shot last weekend of Matthew Ebel singing at AS220 in Providence. + There’s a YouTube version as well. + From the album Beer & Coffee by Matthew Ebel Did you enjoy today’s show? If so, [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP747: Free music video from Matthew Ebel", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/02/29/fap747- ...

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