FAP932: Scholarship craziness, heavy metal Hanukkah, MASFAA 2009
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Weekly Financial Aid Roundup
Why does college cost so much?
Merit based scholarships getting the axe.
Scholarship Update
Entertainment abounds in the results of our $10,000 scholarship. We hope to have a confirmed winner really soon.
In the meantime, our next $10,000 scholarship deadline is December 15.
Focus on Financial Aid
Notes from MASFAA.
Community colleges are seeing huge unprecedented enrollment numbers because of families’ financial situations
It is important for fin aid professionals to educate parents and help them understand why they may not qualify for aid
Personal …

FAP896: Credit cards, jobcast, mail bag, TONS of free stuff
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Weekly Financial Aid Roundup
Major changes to credit cards including student credit cards coming as soon as 90 days away.
The usual roundup of diminishing funds.
Also, W-2s and 1099s should be in, so get your taxes done and get your FAFSA filed.
Oh yeah, and new President of the United States.
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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 status is not guaranteed in the coming year. At the same time, Massachusetts colleges, especially public and community colleges, are reporting record enrollments. One community college leader reported that they were bursting at the seams, saying that enrollments were challenging their resources.
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Daily Aid 40: The MASFAA Financial Aid Conference, Day 1
It’s been a fascinating and somewhat troubling time here at MASFAA, the Massachusetts Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. Fascinating because I’ve picked up a ton of useful information about changes in financial aid, gotten great feedback on the Scholarship Search Secrets eBook and the FAFSA Guide eBook that we publish, changes in financial aid procedures, and other great tips from colleagues about how to handle certain situations.
A few changes I thought especially noteworthy:
- The FAFSA changes for this year that …

I’m had the opportunity to share some materials at the Massachusetts Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators 2008 annual conference, and materials from my presentations are here for you to enjoy. 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 the session materials can be more useful to you, as well as how the Student Loan Network can better help you!
One question that came up after the sessions was whether or not you could …

I presented at the Inbound Marketing Summit on the topic of Should Your Business Be Podcasting? Here’s the video:
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From the NASFAA national conference this past summer.

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+ Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidNews.com.
+ Free scholarship search secrets eBook at StudentScholarshipSearch.com/ebook
+ Free college scholarships contests!
+ Stafford loans | Other federal student loans
+ Parent PLUS loans at ParentPLUSLoan.com
+ Graduate student loans
+ Private student loans
+ Private student loan consolidation …

From the NASFAA conference this past summer.

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Reminders
+ Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidNews.com.
+ Free scholarship search secrets eBook at StudentScholarshipSearch.com/ebook
+ Stafford loans | Other federal student loans
+ Parent PLUS loans at ParentPLUSLoan.com
+ Graduate student loans
+ Private student loans
+ Private student loan consolidation at StudentLoanConsolidator.com
+ FAFSA tutorials and free help
+ The Financial Aid Podcast is a …

FAP845: Awaken Your Superhero from Podcasters Across Borders
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I gave a brief, five minute talk about how podcasting is changing the world at Podcasters Across Borders 2008. Enjoy!
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Reminders
+ Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidNews.com.
+ Free scholarship search secrets eBook at StudentScholarshipSearch.com/ebook
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Many thanks to everyone I had a chance to meet at the NASFAA national conference! I’ve put together some resources for you from the conference that might be of help.

The guest speaking I did with Dr. Steven Bryant was a short version of this session from EASFAA. Here’s the video in full:

Slides from the session are here:

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I was asked to record and produce the The College Goal Sunday What’s Working Session video:

Here’s the audio from the Retention of Underserved Students session.

And finally, some fun …