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Student Loan News – May 02, 2014

Here are the best articles from around the web this week talking about student loans… For the week ending Friday May 02, 2014 Student Loan News: 1. Student Loan Interest Rates to Rise With 10-Year Treasury Note:  College students in the U.S. who take out federal loans are likely to see interest rates jump — potentially by a percentage point or more — in the coming academic year. Last year, the government began to peg rates on most student loans to the Treasury 10-year note. Stafford loans, the most widely borrowed, carried an undergraduate rate of 3.86 percent for the 2013-2014 school year. In the past three months, the 10-year yield has traded 0.80 to 1 percentage point higher than a year ago, which means education borrowing costs may rise. […]

By |May 2nd, 2014|Weekly Resources|0 Comments

Student Loan News – April 25, 2014

Here are the best articles from around the web this week talking about student loans… For the week ending Friday April 26, 2014 Student Loan News: 1. Student Loans Can Suddenly Come Due When Co-Signers Die, a Report Finds:  For students who borrow on the private market to pay for school, the death of a parent [...]

By |April 25th, 2014|Weekly Resources|0 Comments

Student Loan News – March 21, 2014

Here are the best articles from around the web this week talking about student loans… For the week ending Friday March 21, 2014 Student Loan News: 1. Students should question the risk, terms of dangerous private loans: College is an exceptional time in our lives when we can partake in activities that society otherwise frowns upon, such as drinking Keystone beer and playing hacky sack in public. One potentially ruinous side effect of pursuing a higher education, though, is taking out the loans to pay for it. […]

By |March 21st, 2014|Weekly Resources|0 Comments

Student Loan News – March 14, 2014

Here are the best articles from around the web this week talking about student loans… For the week ending Friday March 14, 2014 Student Loan News: 1. Student Loan Borrowers Win As Education Department Reverses Course:  Borrowers with federal student loans may now access the U.S. government's latest rankings of loan specialists after the Department of Education on Tuesday abruptly reversed its temporary ban on providing customer service scores. […]

By |March 14th, 2014|Weekly Resources|0 Comments

The Coming Obama Student Loan Forgiveness Shake Up 2013-14

The Public Service Loan Forgiveness act (PSLF) has existed for some time. President Obama has make higher education an important part of his agenda. He believes that education is a key ingredient in America’s future success. He has proposed several initiatives geared toward improving the quality of education in America and making college more affordable.  One of his key plays include a massive expansion of the PSLF act. […]

By |December 24th, 2013|Forgiveness|0 Comments

5 Steps to Private Student Loan Forgiveness

The application process for student loans varies depending on the lender and the loan type. The method may seem very overwhelming to the applicant. Outlined below are the steps that will assist in finding the money needed for you to fulfill your academic needs. First Step – Creating Your Budget When you start applying and you have received a feedback from the schools of your choice, check on their tuition, board and room costs including other fees. Ensure that you understand completely of what exactly you’re required. Also, include to the budget your daily costs of living that are beyond the basics. […]

By |October 26th, 2013|Forgiveness|0 Comments

Student Loan News – October 4, 2013

Here are the best articles from around the web this week talking about student loans… For the week ending Friday October 4, 2013 Student Loan News: 1. Student-Loan Curbs Leave Black Schools in Peril:  The President of Howard University, one of the nation's elite historically black schools, stepped down this week, highlighting the deep uncertainty black colleges are facing in the wake of new restrictions on loans on which many of their students depend. […]

By |October 4th, 2013|Weekly Resources|0 Comments

Student Loan News – September 13, 2013

Here are the best articles from around the web this week talking about student loans… For the week ending Friday September 13, 2013 Student Loan News: 1. Susan Tompor: Some public service jobs offer student loan forgiveness Corey Nelson, 27, graduated from Michigan State University’s law school in 2012 with a plan to work his way out of six figures in student loan debt. […]

By |September 13th, 2013|Weekly Resources|0 Comments

3 Worst Kinds of Student Loans

Most college students (65% or so) have a student loan to get through their undergraduate work. It’s pretty common, and loans are easy to get. There are, however, certain loans that are better than others.   Federal loans have certain rights and responsibilities that most students can live with. All in all, you can be pretty safe with them in terms of refinancing, consolidating, and extending your payment time. But you have to pay them back. It’s not a gift. […]

By |September 10th, 2013|Forgiveness|0 Comments

Student Loan News – September 6, 2013

Here are the best articles from around the web this week talking about student loans… For the week ending Friday September 6, 2013 Student Loan News: 1. Parents face the student loan double whammy:  At age 51, Charlene Rose had hoped to be socking away money for retirement by now. But instead, she's still paying off her student loans, largely for a master's degree she got to advance her career. And now she's got three kids in college, each of whom is taking out student loans of their own to pay for higher education. […]

By |September 6th, 2013|Weekly Resources|0 Comments