Last week, the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) published the results of a “quick scan” member survey about proposed changes to the Perkins Loan Program. Overall, the 680-plus respondents seemed opposed to the reforms, with 80 percent saying they would prefer just expanding the existing Perkins program. Over 50 percent also raised [...]
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Bailout Back and Forth
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson set off a flurry of activity when he suggested last week that some of the $700 billion bailout money might go to help companies issue private student loans. Higher Ed Watch explains in this post why Paulson’s plan is a bad idea.
NASFAA (the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators), though, [...]
If you’re not the lead dog…
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports($) this morning that the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA), the trade organization for financial aid officers, will ban lenders from sponsoring events at their national conference. This news comes only two weeks after a Wall Street Journal report($) on close financial ties between lenders and NASFAA.
This [...]
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03/11/10 | Kevin Carey is quoted on the rising costs of education in The Economist.
03/10/10 | Chad Aldeman's False Fronts paper is quoted on Accuracy in Academia.
03/09/10 | Ben Miller is quoted on Federal Family Education Loan defaults on The Huffington Post.
03/09/10 | Ben Miller is quoted on loan origination on the Firedog Lake blog.
03/07/10 | Kevin Carey calls for a Race to the Top in higher education in a column in The Chronicle of Higher Education.