WhatТs in the New Student Loan Proposal Higher-education experts say the Obama administration has proposed the broadest overhaul of federal college aid programs in decades. But for all the focus on the size of the budget, it has been hard to tell just what this means for students and their families...

Daily Aid 93: Jobs, financial aid, and crime Student Financial Aid News From the Chronicle: Officials in at least two states are looking into the abrupt closing last week of the Connecticut School of Broadcasting, an occupational school with 26 campuses that cited the dwindling availability of priva...

Daily Aid 87: President Obama: finish high school, one more year of higher ed Student Financial Aid News Last night, President Obama remarked: Right now, three-quarters of the fastest-growing occupations require more than a high school diploma, and yet just over half of our citizens have that level ...

Paying for your Child’s College Finances Guide for Parents on Student Loan, Scholarship, and Grant Let’s suppose that you have a child who will be graduating soon from high school. Of course, you will feel happy, just like any proud parent who have their children graduating from high sch...

Daily Aid 86: Paying full price for college at a premium Student Financial Aid News From Boston.com: As colleges and universities provide more financial aid to families hit by the recession, they are also more likely to give wealthier students preference in admissions and scholarships to help offset...

This article about the impending collapse of the student loan bubble is a complicated read. It’s not that the subject matter is difficult; it’s that this issue strikes right to the core of my being, and fills me with such emotion that I can hardly contain it. RTFA: http://www.forbes.com/...

A little bit older, but Xanthippas and I were talking about this and he said I should blog it (which advice I take about 10% of the time or less). From Kevin Drum: The student loan market is a mess, and it's mainly a mess because the federal student loan program is woefully inadequate. Follow the li...

Daily Aid 69: Jobcast, student loans, micro-resume Student Financial Aid News From Inside Higher Ed: This year’s freshmen are about as likely to rely on family resources as first-years did in 2001, but they’re also turning to self-sufficiency: 49.4 percent of freshmen say they plan on getting a ...

A few days back, I realized that I had not yet mentioned the world's economic woes on my blog. The crippled world economy is a profound event that has affected so many people I know, so it's a topic that I shouldn't avoid. In the latest Starcast episode, I discuss at least one potential solution for...

College loan consolidation for MBA students is a lucrative scheme that allows the MBA aspirants to complete their education with financial aids. If you are a college graduate who want to follow post graduation, then no doubt you will contacted by various financial institutions and banks. As you wade...