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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 [...]

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!

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

I just got my new laptop battery in the mail. It’s 17 pounds. Believe it or not, this is a good thing. Here it is: Digg this! Why is this important? As part of the Student Loan Network’s efforts to continually improve our energy usage - our green-ness, such as it is - I bought this nifty [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Probably not, but it’s kind of funny to think so. On March 9, I blogged about how the Fed could use the Term Auction Facility (TAF) to add liquidity to student lending. This made it into the Higher Education Washington paper, HEWI, which is the journal of record for politicians, lobbyists, and education folks in [...]