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The Financial Aid Podcast brings you daily episodes on how to make college more affordable, from student loans to scholarships to education politics, plus the best podsafe music! Rated PG13, 100% Podsafe Music.
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Daily Aid 44: 2009-2010 FAFSA eBook Special Announcement
Daily Aid 44: 2009-2010 FAFSA eBook Special Announcement Im proud to say that after an incredible amount of labor, research, and collaboration, my new FAFSA Guide eBook is published and ready for your enjoyment. Its 47 pages, a line by line guide to the 2009-2010 FAFSA, and will help you pay for col ...
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Daily Aid 43: Financial aid crisis arrives, December scholarships
Daily Aid 43: Financial aid crisis arrives, December scholarships Student Financial Aid News From NASFAA and the Wall Street Journal: As Americans curb their spending and battle to keep up with credit cards and mortgages, another type of debt is starting to overtake people: student loans, The Wall S ...
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Happy Thanksgiving and leftovers
As we celebrate Thanksgiving this year, please consider this super-easy leftovers tip: whatever you dont need, whatevers extra, please donate to a local food pantry, soup kitchen, or homeless shelter. Even just an extra can of cranberry sauce or can of coffee makes a difference, and its so easy to d ...
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FAP888: Rachel Schmidt, Cleveland State University Interview
FAP888: Rachel Schmidt, Cleveland State University Interview Listen now: Expert Interview I had a chance recently to speak with the director of financial aid at Cleveland State University, Rachel Schmidt, about all kinds of financial aid advice, from finding scholarships to College Goal Sunday to ap ...
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Daily Aid 42: Tuition and preparedness, jobs, mailbag
Daily Aid 42: Tuition and preparedness, jobs, mailbag Student Financial Aid News A few days ago, the state of South Carolinas student loan agency announced that it would no longer be able to meet private student loan needs beginning as early as spring of 2009. As always, feel free to check out www.P ...
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Yes You Can: An open message to my colleagues
The #1 question I receive at conferences and events from financial aid administrators and others is, Can we share your stuff/link to your web site?. Yes, you can. In fact, I encourage you to do so. Please free free to share the Scholarship Search Secrets eBook at www.studentscholarshipsearch.com/ebo ...
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FAP887: Scholarship Search Secrets at MASFAA
Enjoy this session at MASFAA, and please feel free to share it. Direct link to MP4 video file. Download the Scholarship Search Secrets eBook for free here. 5 most recent Financial Aid Podcast posts Subscribe to RSS headline updates from: Powered by FeedBurner Did you enjoy this? If so, please ...
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Daily Aid 41: MASFAA Financial Aid Conference Day 2
Still on the road today, attending the last day of the MASFAA financial aid conference. Some insights from yesterday The state of Massachusetts so far has not cut budgets for financial aid for FY09, which is good news for Massachusetts students. That said, with the current economic pressures, that s ...
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Daily Aid 40: The MASFAA Financial Aid Conference, Day 1
Daily Aid 40: The MASFAA Financial Aid Conference, Day 1 Its been a fascinating and somewhat troubling time here at MASFAA, the Massachusetts Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. Fascinating because Ive picked up a ton of useful information about changes in financial aid, gotten grea ...
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MASFAA 2008 Financial Aid Conference
Im at the Massachusetts Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators this week, and materials from my presentations and others will be put here as theyre available. If you attended one of my sessions, thank you so much for being a part of the sessions, and please give me feedback about how th ...
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FAP886: Mark Nazario, Cleveland State University Interview
FAP886: Mark Nazario, Cleveland State University Interview Listen now: Expert Interview I had a chance recently to speak with the director of undergraduate admissions at Cleveland State University, Mark Nazario, about getting into college, whats important, whats not, and what students should be doin ...
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The Perfect Senior Project
Over dinner with Professor Mark Frydenberg of Bentley University, the topic came up about how new media could be used as part of a senior project. Heres an idea Id love to throw out to other college seniors and students to see what you think. We know new media is powerful. You have unparalleled acce ...
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Daily Aid 39: Twitter scholarship, no bailout for student loans yet
Daily Aid 39: Twitter scholarship, no bailout for student loans yet Student Financial Aid News From Bloomberg: The Bush administration told congressional aides it wont ask lawmakers to release $350 billion remaining as part of the $700 billion U.S. financial- rescue package, people familiar with the ...
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Daily Aid 38: FastWeb student loan survey, financial aid crisis
Daily Aid 38: FastWeb student loan survey, financial aid crisis Student Financial Aid News You might not know this, but Im also the editor of FAFSAonline.com, our free FAFSA guide web site. Were getting ready to update the site for the 2009-2010 FAFSA and need your help. If youve used FAFSAonline.co ...
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How to raise money for the Student Platinum savings challenge
Ive been watching the Student Platinum $500 Savings Challenge bloggers for a few days now, and something interesting has struck me. Everyone is talking about how theyll save money, about how theyve committed to putting money aside. Except for a few folks doing the soda can recycling thing, no one is ...
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FAP885: Financial aid crisis, student loans, free stuff
FAP885: Financial aid crisis, student loans, free stuff Weekly Financial Aid Roundup Federal student loan programs get a shot in the arm. A massive overview of the new GI bill. The Coming Financial Aid Crisis, Part 2. Scholarship of the Week The Assumption College Merit Scholarship Program was estab ...
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Daily Aid 37: The All Mail Bag Day
Daily Aid 37: The All Mail Bag Day Tons and tons and tons of mail. Lets knock it down. Manuel writes in: this dosent make any sense why am i still a dependent if im going to have no support of my parents.(moving out). is there another way? Melissa writes in: Hi I`m 18 years old and having the same p ...
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Daily Aid 36: The Coming Financial Aid Crisis, Part 2 in a Series
The Coming Financial Aid Crisis, Part 2 in a Series In the first part of this discussion on the coming financial aid crisis, we talked about Pell Grant shortfalls and increased demand due to enrollments. Lets dig into some heavier economic data to see what may lie ahead. Heres a chart of underutiliz ...
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Daily Aid 16: The Coming Financial Aid Crisis, Part 1
Daily Aid 16: The Coming Financial Aid Crisis Lets pull together a few threads quickly. KSBY said that 8.9 million students filed for financial aid in the first half of 2008, up 16% from the year before. (7,672,000) Salem, Oregons Register Guard reports complete depletion of their state financial ai ...
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Happy Veterans Day and New GI Bill Details
In commemoration of Veterans Day, Id like to point you to some education benefits for veterans, including the details of the New GI Bill, or post-9/11 GI Bill. Veterans Benefits summary The New GI Bill This new benefit will cover the full cost of education at any public school in the country and man ...
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