News on Paying for College

House boosts college aid for students in need

2010-03-21T21:00:35Z

<div id="subtitle">House passes increased college aid for students in need; ends reliance on private lenders</div><div><p>Riding the coattails of a historic health care vote, the House on Sunday also passed a broad reorganization of college aid that affects millions of students and moves President Barack Obama closer to winning yet another of his top domestic policies.</p><p>The bill rewrites a four-decad...

House backs Obama's bid to revamp student loans

2010-03-21T21:00:20Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-led House of Representatives on Sunday approved President Barack Obama's bid to implement what would be the biggest overhaul in decades of the federal student loan program.</p><p>Under the legislation, federal subsidie...

In student loan plan, Obama looks for another win

2010-03-21T14:45:28Z

<div id="subtitle">Student loan rewrite, tacked on to health care, could give Obama another domestic win</div><div><p>With health care dominating House action, President Barack Obama was looking for another domestic policy victory Sunday — passage of a vast rewrite of college aid for needy students.</p><p>The legislation, piggybacked to the expedited health care bill, would end a four-decades old program ...

Obama health bill would reshape student loans

2010-03-19T09:15:45Z

<div><p>US President Barack Obama's historic health care legislation, set to face a make-or-break vote on Sunday, would also reshape the way Americans pay for famously pricey college educations.</p><p>Along with buying a home and setting aside cash for retirement, paying for higher education is one of the most daunting expenses Americans can face, especially if they attend a private institution rather than a state sc...

Student aid linked to health care gets a trim

2010-03-18T18:45:07Z

<div><p>Congressional Democrats on Thursday trimmed their original student loan plans, reduced spending for community colleges, and eliminated early childhood money from a broad rewrite of a college aid bill piggybacked on to fast-track health care legislation.</p><p>The student loan measure would be the biggest change in college assistance programs since Congress created them in the 1960s, ending a private-lender program by having the government originate all loans to ne...

Risks of Co-Signing a Student Loan - What Parents Should Know

2010-03-16T17:48:12Z

Parents are genetically-programmed to help their kids any way they can. This is certainly true for the parents of infants, toddlers, and children, whose parents generally take care of their safety, nutritional, and educational needs. And, even though the degree of parental aid starts to lessen a bit as the kids get ready to leave the house, for most families it extends well into adulthood. Supporting the kids' efforts in getting into - and sometimes paying for - college is no exception.<br...

Democrats seek agreement, vote on health care

2010-03-13T00:15:26Z

<div id="subtitle">Pelosi says it won't be long before health care bill passes; Dems add student loans to package</div><div><p>Under White House pressure to act swiftly, House and Senate Democratic leaders reached for agreement Friday on President Barack Obama's health care bill, sweetened suddenly by fresh billions for student aid and a sense that breakth...

Democrats look to resurrect college aid plan

2010-03-12T14:30:20Z

<div id="subtitle">Health care plan could also help resurrect college aid plan</div><div><p>Congressional Democrats want a stalled overhaul of college aid programs to get strapped onto a fast-track health care bill, giving both Obama administration priorities a better chance of passage.</p><p>The student loan measure would be the bi...

Obama's proposed student loan overhaul gets boost

2010-03-12T13:16:53Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's stalled bid to overhaul the federal student loan program by cutting subsidies to private lenders and increasing aid to students received a boost on Friday.</p><p>Democratic congressional leaders agreed to fold Obama's student-loan proposal into a bill aimed at winning final approval of his drive t...

Prepaid tuition program: ItÕs a Ôwin-winÕ

2010-02-22T10:37:53Z

<div><p> FOR INFORMATION | Go to nevadatreasurer.gov/PrepaidTuition.htm or call the Prepaid Tuition Office at 486-2025.</p><p> Last week, President Barack Obama commented about the need for people to save for college tuition as opposed to throwing money away on, well, other diversions.</p>&...

RISING TUITION

2010-02-01T17:00:27Z

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Don?t Give Up Applying For Bad Credit Student Loans

2010-02-22T13:28:02Z

It is so common these days that by the time you reach 18, you instantly apply for credit cards. Every one knows that if used responsibly it could make out a powerful tool and a quick way to gain credit, but if used without proper counting, it could turn out to be a real hazard. Some extremes even highly recommend to never ever having such a thing. When you?ve gotten tied up by the debts, it will be such a relief to be able to run away from it. But you have to know that once you have applied, ...

Twelve Tips to Help Parents Cut College Costs

2010-02-22T13:42:53Z

Who isn?t feeling the economic crunch? College funds have dwindled, investments have taken a hit, and job layoffs continue to add to feelings of economic instability. Parents with children headed to college this year or next are wondering how to cut college costs. It has led some families to discourage their children from applying to schools they don?t feel they can afford, even with financial aid and scholarships. Paying for college is a real concern.<br><br>Her...

Benefits of Using Alaska Student Loan Consolidation

2010-02-22T14:12:10Z

With high cost of education in the modern world today many students who go for higher education have been forced to look for means and ways of ensuring that they get money to cater for their tuition and at the same time get money to buy stationery and other monies that should be used for upkeep expenses. With these endless lists of expenses, the students have been forced to go and approach several lenders to give them a loan to finance their education. As a result of having very many loans, h...

College Consolidation Loans

2010-02-22T14:12:11Z

College consolidation loans help the students in reducing their monthly loan payments. When you consolidate your loan, you are combining one or more existing loans to one loan. Loan consolidation will help you to reduce your monthly loan payment because it helps you to stretch your payment period from the usual 10 year period to up to 30 or so years, but will depend on the amount of loan your are still owed by the lending institution. Loan consolidation is advantageous in that you will have m...

Several Types of Federal Student Loan

2010-02-22T15:34:24Z

There is rarely a university student that comes through to graduation without needing to draw off a loan. With so many things to purchase and very little money while attending college, many university students graduate only to find that the Federal student loan debt that they've accrued is an atrocious amount and that the defrayments that they must make monthly takes up the biggest part of their revenue. Federal student loan consolidation is for students who have taken over a bit much student...

Determining the Best School Loans

2010-02-22T15:34:45Z

There are some universities and colleges worldwide providing assistance in defrayment of professional education. Even the government has its own school loans plans proposed by the school to scholars who are comparatively lower in the interest of private credit companies.<br><br>In the U.S., the government created school loans plans for people who wish to apply to a college or university. These loan plans dif...

Cut College Costs- 32 Possibilities to Explore

2010-02-22T15:48:34Z

These tips apply to anyone who plans to attend college or who is already enrolled. At least two-thirds of college students need to take out college loans to finance their education, and these loans take many years to pay off, anywhere from 10-30 years in most cases. If you can cut the amount you need to borrow, your lower student loan balance will be easier to pay off.<br><br>1. Check with the education office of your state government to see what sorts of scholarsh...

What is a Loan Servicing?

2010-02-22T18:40:44Z

It should be stressful when you are studying and also working at the same time and all that is not easy to do. Student loan servicing can make your life turn into easier for you who don?t have a lot of admission time on your hands. You can just use your home PC as long it has internet access instead of making a trip to the loan center. It could be a greatest way to save money and time.<br><br>Student loan servicing help student understand everything about their loa...

All About Loan Forgiveness

2010-02-22T18:40:45Z

Due to lower paying jobs and difficulty in finding a job in this economy situation, many academy or university students are under pressure to pay back student loan deb. With more than $20,000 in student loan debt, it can take an entire lifetime to pay back student loan and also many have credit card debt if you just pay in the minimum payment. There are some usual resolutions for that entire college student is to live below your represents, work overtime, work multiple jobs or live at home wi...