Student loan observers were looking to the President’s budget to provide the first official numbers on the comparative costs of the two student loan programs, FFEL and Direct Loans (DL), since cuts to FFELP lenders and guaranty agencies passed last year.
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This article, appearing in the Washington Post , details the reaction of some higher education administrators to Harvard’s recent expansion of its financial aid offerings. While schools with vast amounts of resources will more than likely follow suit
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Last month, Harvard announced an overhaul of financial aid policies designed to make the school more affordable for families across the income spectrum. The new initiative focuses on ensuring greater affordability for middle- and upper-middle-income families
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According to a new study, pulling all nighters is bad for your grades. This is not to say that students behind in their studies should just say forget it, but in yet another example of research proving common sense, a new study from St. Lawrence University,
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Thursday night…missing reel….Sunday afternoon. Does this sound like your typical college weekend? For many students, it does and obviously, overindulgence over the weekend has been a concern of many campus communities for some time. However, in recent
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Student lending companies have become a popular target for some on the presidential campaign trail this year. A couple of candidates have even gone as far as to say that they would like to get rid of the student loan companies altogether. Not surprisingly,
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