FAP252: Stuck in an elevator, college admissions, jobs, firefighter scholarship, interview with Joe from the Sales Roundup Podcast, Navi Redd

So, I got stuck in the elevator today for an hour. Enjoy the soundseeing tour. The cover art for today is a picture of said elevator.

Student Financial Aid News
+ Leading off with podsafe music today because of an obsession from college
+ This show is being recorded in an elevator…
+ Continuing a recent trend, applications to colleges were up again in 2005, following a slight dip the previous year. More than 70 percent of colleges reported increases in applications, according to the 2006 “State of College Admission” report, by the National Association for College Admission Counseling.
+ The Department of Education on Friday ordered every state to explain how it will have 100 percent of its core teachers qualified — belatedly — in the 2006-07 school year.
+ In the meantime, some states face the loss of federal aid because they didn’t make enough effort to comply on time, officials said.
+ They are Alaska, Delaware, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina and Washington, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
+ Nearly 80 percent of undergraduates work while attending college, according to a brief report released today by the American Council on Education.
+ Using federal data, researchers found that, on average, students spend 30 hours per week at their jobs, and 23 percent of full-time students work 35 or more hours per week while in college.
+ Paying college expenses and earning spending money are the main reasons students say they work, mostly in off-campus jobs.
+ They also cite parental expectations: 63 percent of working dependent students say their parents expect them to work while in college.
+ One surprise noted in the study was that many affluent students also work long hours while in college.

Scholarship Update
+ Since they were nice enough to get me out of the elevator, a directory of scholarships for firefighters and families
+ Over $10,000,000 in assistance
+ Not just scholarships
+ State by state guide
+ Detailed information at our web site, StudentScholarshipSearch.com

Focus on Financial Aid
+ Audio from Joe from the Sales Roundup Podcast
+ FAFSA online applications at FAFSAonline.com
+ Stafford loans | Other federal student loans
+ Parent loans at ParentPLUSLoan.com
+ Private student loans at privatestudentloans.com
+ Thanks to Joe from the Sales Roundup Podcast
+ And also to John Wall from The M Show

Podsafe Music
+ Navi Redd, Two beds and a coffee machine
+ Navi Redd, The Chant
+ Music via the Podsafe Music Network

Reminders

+ Private student loans
+ Stafford loans | Other federal student loans
+ Student loan consolidation at StudentLoanConsolidator.com
+ FAFSA tutorials and free help
+ Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidNews.com.
+ The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network.

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