Daily Aid 32: FAFSA EFC and the CSS Profile - How Much You Can Pay For College

Daily Aid 32: FAFSA EFC and the CSS Profile - How Much You Can Pay For College Student Financial Aid News From Inside Higher Ed: At Shenandoah University, there have been a few senior-level administrators who have decided to forgo their raises altogether, placing the money in an emergency fund that is being used to help existing students who are struggling to afford to stay enrolled. Commentary I applaud anyone who is willing to take a pay cut - and forgoing a raise when inflation is eatin

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Holiday shopping tip: do not give gift cards!

This holiday season, you may be tempted to use gift cards as a convenient way to buy a present for someone who’s notoriously tough to buy for. Don’t do it. Give cash instead. Here’s why - it has nothing to do with etiquette or propriety and everything to do with the mechanism of gift cards. Gift cards feel like cash to consumers. They have a preset dollar amount and you use them to buy things. The catch is this - gift cards are not cash. Gift cards are actually a form of debt issued by the

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State report faults Iowa Student Loan work (The Des Moines Register)

The nonprofit’s business practices will be discussed Tuesday by a Legislature oversight committee.

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AG report faults some Iowa Student Loan practices (The Des Moines Register)

The practices of the Iowa Student Loan Liquidity Corp. favored the goals of increasing access to loans and offering families a choice of loans over making the lowest-cost loans available to borrowers, according to Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller.

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The Coming College Bubble? (Forbes)

America’s undercapitalized independent schools could be the next industry to pop.

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