I’ve gotten a lot of questions as PodCamp co-founder about whether I’ll be at the PME or not. No, I won’t be. The reason has nothing to do with a PodCamp vs. PME thing – it’s that I have a different event scheduled for this weekend. I’ll be at New England Warrior Camp, the headline event in my martial arts practice. Would that I could be in two places at once, I’d gladly go to both, but I can’t, so I have to choose. PME would undoubtedly be good for …

A video of the Light the Night Boston 2006 Walk for Leukemia and Lymphoma. Many thanks to everyone who donated to us!
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A video I’ve made of our walk. Thanks so much to everyone who contributed!

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One term I’ve heard a lot recently is whuffie – a sort of non-tangible form of social currency, where your actions, words, and thoughts accrue the goodwill of others, and which you can then turn around and “spend” on others. Instead of financial value, whuffie is reputation value. PodCamp recently gave me a major infusion of whuffie, a fact I readily acknowledge. I’ve tried to be very cautious about spending it, and spending it selectively, because while whuffie is transient in nature, it can still make a major impact, and …

FAP368: Focus on Financial Aid: Private Student Loans, Commission on Higher Ed, scholarship directory, Jerzy Jung
Student Financial Aid News
+ One day after Margaret Spellings offered her prescription for the future of higher education, the Cato Institute sponsored the first of what will be many more forums in the coming months about the work of the education secretary’s Commission on the Future of Higher Education. The panel featured commentators from across the political spectrum: The author and blogger Anya Kamenetz bemoaned the absence of student voices and student-centered concerns from the …

Talking with some of the folks affiliated with Podcast Ready and the whole Apple/myPodder kerfuffle. Others have covered it in depth. My suggestion – I’m tied in nicely with my Powerbook, iTunes, and iPod. I love the combination, and it’s near bulletproof. BUT… it would be neat to have wireless access on my iPod so I didn’t have to carry around my Powerbook. If Podcast Ready had:

myPodder software that was one click install – because now it’s not
myPodder embedded in a dockable 802.11 antenna
myPodder synchronization with host iTunes

I’d probably rarely, …

FAP367: Expert Interview with Keith Clausen, Commission On the Future of Higher Education, PSU scholarship, More Natalie Gelman
+ The Secretary’s proposal:
+ Simplify the process by partnering with states to use existing income and tax data to help students complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) in half the time.
+ Notify students of their estimated aid eligibility before spring of their senior year in high school.
+ Work with Congress to provide new funds for need-based aid through the federal financial aid system.
+ Commission an independent management consultant review of …

Original show notes and MP3 can be found here!
This is a long interview with Raza Khan of MRU Holdings, talking to a degree about the provocative ads MRU placed in the New York Times and other newspapers.

Original show notes and MP3 can be found here!
This is a transcript of one of our expert interview series with Jim Eddy of Scholarships America.

FAP366: Focus on Financial Aid: The Stafford Loan, plus derivatives and credit risk, public investor scholarship, Natalie Gelman
Student Financial Aid News
+ Commission on the Future of Higher Education report and speech due today
+ Exactly where the market in private (non-federal) student loans may be heading, and what the implications might be for students and families, colleges and governments, were at the core of “Footing the Tuition Bill: New Developments in the Student-Loan Industry and How They Are Changing the Way We Pay for Higher Education,” a daylong seminar sponsored by …