Image by un2814 via Flickr FAP832: Student Loan Radio Celebrates American Independence Day Listen now: Today’s a special, fun music show filled with the music of America’s Armed Forces. The Star Spangled Banner, Band of the U.S. Air Force Reserve Battle Hymn of the Republic, Band of the U.S. Air Force Reserve Amazing Grace, Ceremonial Brass: US Air Force Stars and [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP832: Student Loan Radio Celebrates American Independence Day", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/07/04/fap832-student-loan-radio-celebrates-american-independence-day/" });

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Image via Wikipedia FAP831: Need based financial aid, Free Stuff Thursday Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Inside Higher Ed: A shift back to need-based aid isn’t hurting at least two colleges. In the last few years, some colleges have pulled back from the policies everyone else says they’d like to pull back from. Notably the sky [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP831: Need based financial aid, Free Stuff Thursday", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/07/03/fap831-need-based-financial-aid-free-stuff-thursday/" });

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FAP830: Expert interview with Larry Wilson, Coastal Federal Credit Union Listen now: Expert Interview + Today we discuss credit unions, personal finance, and living within your means with Larry Wilson, CEO of Coastal Federal Credit Union in North Carolina. Did you enjoy today’s show? If so, please consider subscribing for free to get it delivered to you. Subscribing [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP830: Expert interview with Larry Wilson, Coastal Federal Credit Union", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/07/02/fap830-expert-interview-with-larry-wilson-coastal-federal-credit-union/" });

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FAP829: GI Bill expansion, pirated textbooks, mail bag Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Chronicle: College students are increasingly downloading illegal copies of textbooks online, employing the same file-trading technologies used to steal music and movies. Feeling threatened, book publishers are stepping up efforts to stop the online piracy. + One Web site, called Textbook Torrents, promises [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP829: GI Bill expansion, pirated textbooks, mail bag", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/07/01/fap829-gi-bill-expansion-pirated-textbooks-mail-bag/" });

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FAP828: 10 key factors influencing your financial aid Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Chronicle: Here’s a frightening thought for every college administrator planning for a big disaster: What if the sort of extreme weather that has left the University of Iowa inundated in floodwaters is not a freak event? What if it is a sign [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP828: 10 key factors influencing your financial aid", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/06/30/fap828-10-key-factors-influencing-your-financial-aid/" });

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Image via Wikipedia FAP827: Student credit cards, coffee scholarship, Free stuff Friday Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Chronicle: Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo of New York hopes to have completed by this fall an investigation into the relationships between credit-card companies and college officials, according to Benjamin Lawsky, deputy counselor to Mr. Cuomo, who previously investigated [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP827: Student credit cards, coffee scholarship, Free stuff Friday", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/06/27/fap827-student-credit-cards-coffee-scholarship-free-stuff-friday/" });

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Image via Wikipedia FAP826: Deceptive student loan marketing, Sallie Mae leak Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + The FTC has issued a guide on deceptive student loan marketing + If you are considering a private student loan, it?s important to know whom you?re doing business with and the terms of the loan. The FTC and ED offer these [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP826: Deceptive student loan marketing, Sallie Mae leak", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/06/26/fap826-deceptive-student-loan-marketing-sallie-mae-leak/" });

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FAP825: Expert interview: Ron Burniske, Chartway FCU Listen now: In today’s podcast, I talk with Ron Burniske, CEO of Chartway Federal Credit Union, about credit unions, how they’re different than banks, and why they might be in your banking future. Plus, we discuss the philosophical issue of a consumer society, savings rates, and financial aid. Did you [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP825: Expert interview: Ron Burniske, Chartway FCU", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/06/25/fap825-expert-interview-ron-burniske-chartway-fcu/" });

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Image via Wikipedia FAP824: Tea scholarship, Amazon textbooks, international financial aid Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Inside Higher Ed: The Subprime Solution: How Today?s Global Financial Crisis Happened, and What to Do About It is a promising title for Princeton University Press. The topic couldn?t be more timely and the author is Robert Shiller, a Yale [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP824: Tea scholarship, Amazon textbooks, international financial aid", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/06/24/fap824-tea-scholarship-amazon-textbooks-international-financial-aid/" });

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FAP823: Merit based financial aid, free stuff Monday Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Inside Higher Ed: Despite increased pressure to move more money away from merit-based aid programs and into need-based grants, there is little sign of such a shift happening across the nation as a whole, according to a report released today. + The annual [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP823: Merit based financial aid, free stuff Monday", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/06/23/fap823-merit-based-financial-aid-free-stuff-monday/" });

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Best of FAP: Scholarship Expert Shayla Price Interview Listen now: Expert Interview + In today’s show, I interview Shayla Price, a senior at Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Shayla has the unusual distinction of earning more than $100,000 in renewable scholarships, effectively paying for her complete education without student loans or a dime [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Best of FAP: Shayla Price Interview", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/06/20/best-of-fap-shayla-price-interview/" });

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FAP822: Jobcast - how to interview well, unintended consequences Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Inside Higher Ed: The White House and Congressional negotiators reached a deal Wednesday night on war spending, including a plan to dramatically expand college assistance for veterans, effectively providing the cost of education at any public institution in veterans? states, the [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP822: Jobcast - how to interview well, unintended consequences", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/06/19/fap822-jobcast-how-to-interview-well-unintended-consequences/" });

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FAP821: Financial Aid and Small Business Guest Interview Listen now: I had the opportunity recently to appear on Small Biz Survival, an excellent podcast hosted and produced by Becky McCray. We talked for a few minutes about small business and the FAFSA, the credit score in relation to private student loans, and small town scholarship opportunities. Here’s [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP821: Financial Aid and Small Business Guest Interview", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/06/18/fap821-financial-aid-and-small-business-guest-interview/" });

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FAP820: Community College Financial Aid, Privacy, FERPA, FOIA Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Chronicle: Sen. Edward M. Kennedy on Monday gave new voice to the growing fear that low-income students, like those attending community colleges, will be among the hardest hit as worsening economic conditions prompt more private lenders to cut back their student-loan operations. + [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP820: Community College Financial Aid, Privacy, FERPA, FOIA", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/06/17/fap820-community-college-financial-aid-privacy-ferpa-foia/" });

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Image by Getty Images via Daylife FAP819: Financial aid and Iowa floods, Rwanda, Twitter Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Inside Higher Ed: Iowa has been hit hard by massive rain and flooding, forcing closures at some some institutions, damage at others, and sighs of relief at still others. At the University of Iowa, classes have been [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP819: Financial aid and Iowa floods, Rwanda, Twitter", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/06/16/fap819-financial-aid-and-iowa-floods-rwanda-twitter/" });

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FAP818: Financial aid makes tuition go up, Free Stuff Friday Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Chronicle: The nation’s largest student-loan company, Sallie Mae (ticker: SLM), reported on Thursday that investors had quickly bought up $2.5-billion worth of its debt. The sale was “significantly oversubscribed,” the company said in a written statement. + And the nation’s largest [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP818: Financial aid makes tuition go up, Free Stuff Friday", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/06/13/fap818-financial-aid-makes-tuition-go-up-free-stuff-friday/" });

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FAP817: Photography scholarship, state student loan agencies, authority Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Chronicle: Despite last month’s unprecedented action by Congress and the Bush administration to shore up the student-loan industry, some of those state-authorized organizations say they may not return to the loan business this year, and others are cutting some of the borrower [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP817: Photography scholarship, state student loan agencies, authority", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/06/12/fap817-photography-scholarship-state-student-loan-agencies-authority/" });

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FAP816: International Student Financial Aid Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Corn hits record prices, tomatoes, all food in general, average gas prices above $4 + Consider strongly your college’s meal plans as a way to hedge against rising food costs + Inside Higher Ed: Sallie Mae, (ticker: SLM) falsely rumored just weeks ago to be on the [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP816: International Student Financial Aid", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/06/11/fap816-international-student-financial-aid/" });

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FAP815: Expert Interview with Dr. Allen Weiss Listen now: Expert Interview + Something different today - Professor Allen Weiss from the University of Southern California and CEO of MarketingProfs + We discuss how marketing is working against your best interests, tricks marketing uses to get you to buy things you don’t need, and how to use marketing for [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP815: Expert Interview with Dr. Allen Weiss", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/06/10/fap815-expert-interview-with-dr-allen-weiss/" });

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FAP814: Veterans Benefits Summary, Veterans Scholarships Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Inside Higher Ed: A pledge of free tuition in Denver has focused attention again on whether college students who do not have legal immigration status in the United States should be punished for that status. As the Los Angeles Times reported, Denver’s mayor, John [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP814: Veterans Benefits Summary, Veterans Scholarships", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/06/09/fap814-veterans-benefits-summary-veterans-scholarships/" });

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Image via Wikipedia FAP813: Emergency community college aid, Free Stuff Friday Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Four YouTube videos that make colleges cringe + Chronicle: Emergency aid for community college students. One of the programs, the Dreamkeepers fund, offers emergency aid to eligible students at 11 community colleges serving large numbers of low-income students. The other program, [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP813: Emergency community college aid, Free Stuff Friday", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/06/06/fap813-emergency-community-college-aid-free-stuff-friday/" });

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Thanks to the help of the Financial Aid Podcast community, and the team of folks who gave feedback, I’m proud to announce the newest addition to our catalog of publications, How To Write A Killer Cover Letter, a Student Loan Network eBook. It’s hosted right now at the graduate career center at GraduateCenter.com, but you [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "New eBook: How to write a killer cover letter!", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/06/05/new-ebook-how-to-write-a-killer-cover-letter/" });

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FAP812: Free healthcare, free housing, and $80K salary jobs Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + NASFAA: There is some confusion in the student aid community about whether FFELP loans made under the Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008 (H.R. 5715) would retain any borrower benefits. The Act gives the Department temporary authority to [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP812: Free healthcare, free housing, and $80K salary jobs", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/06/05/fap812-free-healthcare-free-housing-and-80k-salary-jobs/" });

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Image via Wikipedia FAP811: Winning the College Admission Game Listen now: Expert Interview + Today I speak with Peter Van Buskirk, author of Winning the College Admission Game + Peter was the dean of admissions at Franklin & Marshall College where I did my undergraduate work, plus work at Peterson’s, and his own consulting firm + A fantastic 24 minute [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP811: Winning the College Admission Game", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/06/04/fap811-winning-the-college-admission-game/" });

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FAP810: Facebook, green car scholarship, financial aid mailbag Listen now: Student Financial Aid News Image via Wikipedia + Inside Higher Ed: SUNY Plattsburgh using Facebook applications for recruiting + Want to get into the college of your choice? Write them a Facebook app. Reminds me a little of one of the key factors in getting into my undergraduate college. + [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP810: Facebook, green car scholarship, financial aid mailbag", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/06/03/fap810-facebook-green-car-scholarship-financial-aid-mailbag/" });

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FAP809: Quack like a duck, pay for college Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Free credit reports, scores, and monitoring from Transunion + Chronicle: the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved legislation last week that would significantly expand veterans’ tuition benefits while providing billions of dollars for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The bill awaits action in the [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP809: Quack like a duck, pay for college", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/06/02/fap809-quack-like-a-duck-pay-for-college/" });

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FAP808: Get $1 for listening to the Financial Aid Podcast Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Chronicle: After months of artfully promoting doomsday scenarios for the federal student-lending system, the nation’s student loan companies appear to have won terms from Congress and the Bush administration that could help both the lenders and the student borrowers. + The [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP808: Get $1 for listening to the Financial Aid Podcast", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/05/30/fap808-get-1-for-listening-to-the-financial-aid-podcast/" });

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FAP807: Finding a summer job in a tight economy Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Chronicle: Citibank (ticker: C), one of the nation’s largest providers of student loans, has told a series of colleges in recent days that it won’t be doing business with them any longer. + The bank’s student-lending division, the Student Loan Corporation (ticker: [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP807: Finding a summer job in a tight economy", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/05/29/fap807-finding-a-summer-job-in-a-tight-economy/" });

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Dr. Day and the NASFAA community, In your recent letter to NASFAA members, you spoke of reducing costs while maintaining or expanding services in a tight economy. I wanted to make you aware of a near-literal buffet of options available to NASFAA and its members that carry a very small financial footprint. These services are ideal [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Open Letter to Dr. Philip Day on NASFAA Expense Reduction", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/05/28/open-letter-to-dr-philip-day-on-nasfaa-expense-reduction/" });

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FAP806: Dr. Eric Abercrumbie on Diversity (EASFAA 2008) Listen now: A special presentation today from the EASFAA 2008 Conference. Dr. Eric Abercrumbie speaks to EASFAA on the topic of diversity in a 48 minute talk that is engaging, hilarious, and powerful. Laugh out loud, think a lot, and enjoy this terrific keynote talk. Dr. Eric Abercrumbie hails [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP806: Dr. Eric Abercrumbie on Diversity (EASFAA 2008)", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/05/28/fap806-dr-eric-abercrumbie-on-diversity-easfaa-2008/" });

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FAP805: Selling names, FAFSA EFC, MN SELF Loans Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Two blog posts over the weekend for you to check out + Yesterday we presented the Veterans Administration list of educational benefits for surviving dependents of active duty service members killed in action + Also had a blog post on staycationing, some tips on [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP805: Selling names, FAFSA EFC, MN SELF Loans", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/05/27/fap805-selling-names-fafsa-efc-mn-self-loans/" });

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Something important for today. This pamphlet, published by the VA, details the educational assistance benefits offered to spouses of soldiers killed in active duty. If you are a surviving spouse, you have up to 10 years to file a claim with the VA to take advantage of these benefits for yourself and your children, if [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "VA Educational Assistance for Survivors", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/05/26/va-educational-assistance-for-survivors/" });

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FAP804: Veterans Bill, Student Lenders Return, Free Stuff Friday Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Chronicle: Many student-loan companies are still assessing the industry-rescue plan outlined on Wednesday by Education Secretary Margaret Spellings (The Chronicle, May 22). Several that left the federal loan program, however, have seen enough and are jumping back in. + Even before the [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP804: Veterans Bill, Student Lenders Return, Free Stuff Friday", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/05/23/fap804-veterans-bill-student-lenders-return-free-stuff-friday/" });

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Here’s a mashup of photos taken at EASFAA 2008, set to Audiopharm’s The Groove: These photos are all licensed under the Creative Commons license, By-NC-SA 3.0 US. This means you are permitted: To share them To modify them To re-use and redistribute them As long as you include this license As long as you credit FinancialAidPodcast.com and StudentLoanNetwork.com with every photo [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "EASFAA 2008 Conference Photos", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/05/22/easfaa-2008-conference-photos/" });

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FAP803: Federal student loan programs back in business, Jobcast Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Big news yesterday - the Department of Education released a letter detailing how the student loan buyback program will work + 1% origination fee, par value, accrued interest, plus $75 flat servicing fee for all student loans + This is a big deal [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP803: Federal student loan programs back in business, Jobcast", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/05/22/fap803-federal-student-loan-programs-back-in-business-jobcast/" });

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In this 44 minute presentation, I had the pleasure of speaking at EASFAA 2008 about how podcasting and new media can change the way that financial aid offices can communicate with their students. Direct link: MP4 video file (408 MB) Watch now: Slides: | View | Upload your own Resources mentioned: + Scholarship Search Secrets eBook (Fourth Edition) + The Student [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP802: New Media and Financial Aid EASFAA 2008", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/05/21/fap802-new-media-and-financial-aid-easfaa-2008/" });

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FAP801: Live update from EASFAA Listen now: Quick Update + Four quick updates from the EASFAA conference + 10% - 20% of PLUS loan borrowers are likely to run into credit challenges in the coming year + Fix your credit sooner rather than later - check out our credit repair tutorials at StudentPlatinum.com + Institutional loans - school as lender [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "FAP801: Live update from EASFAA", url: "http://www.financialaidpodcast.com/2008/05/20/fap801-live-update-from-easfaa/" });

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