FAP698: Student Loan Radio CoverCast – Matthew Ebel Set 3
Six more covers from Matthew Ebel tonight:
+ Train, Meet Virginia
+ Billy Joel, New York State of Mind
+ Tom Petty, Free Falling
+ Bob Dylan, the Watchtower
+ Ben Folds, Brick
+ Tom Cochrane, Life is a Highway
+ I Will Wait For You, from the album Goodbye Planet Earth
Pick up a copy of Goodbye Planet Earth today! It’s a great stocking stuffer.
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Major travel day for me today, so here’s a concert with Matthew Ebel, part 1 of 2.
Podsafe Music
+ Matthew Ebel
+ Buy Goodbye Planet Earth
Reminders
+ Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidNews.com.
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+ Private student loans
+ Stafford loans | Other federal student loans
+ Student loan consolidation at StudentLoanConsolidator.com
+ FAFSA tutorials and free help
+ The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network.
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FAP645: Breath of fresh AIR, Clinton, Farms, Allison Crowe
Student Financial Aid News
+ Len Edgerly sent in this Reuters story: Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton proposed eliminating federally guaranteed student loans on Thursday, a move that would shake the foundations of the $85 billion student loan industry.
+ Lenders such as Sallie Mae, Citigroup and Bank of America do a big business in extending federally guaranteed loans to college students.
+ In a campaign Web site posting, the New York senator said she would pay for a range of higher education reforms “without …

FAP625: Student loan consolidation benefits go away, Mail bag, Matthew Ebel
Student Financial Aid News
+ Chronicle: The proportion of minority students among American undergraduates rose to 32 percent in 2004, from 17 percent in 1976, but minority students’ academic performance still lags behind that of their white classmates, according to a report released on Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Education.
+ Minority students face persistent challenges. In 2005, for example, more than a third of foreign-born Hispanic young adults were high-school dropouts — almost triple the rate for Hispanic young adults …

FAP624: Expert interview with Tom Bottorf, Matthew Ebel
An expert interview with Tom Bottorf of GetCollegeFunding.org on today’s show. Tom talks turkey – the EFC, saving for college, and what to look for.
CoverCast
+ Matthew Ebel covering Tom Cochrane’s Life is a Highway
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.
Direct MP3 file download: MP3 file

FAP567: Student Loan Radio 36 CoverCast with CC Chapman
This originally appeared on June 30, 2007. It’s reposted for Labor Day.
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Today’s a very, very special day on the Financial Aid Podcast, when we fully leverage our ASCAP and BMI licenses. CC Chapman steps in to host the very first CoverCast on the Financial Aid Podcast. More than an hour of great, great music on today’s show – tell a friend, since this is one of the few places you can hear cover music on a podcast.
02:05 Chance – When Doves …

FAP604: Interview with Financial Aid Consultant Reecy Aresty
Another great, long interview with Reecy Aresty, a fee-based financial aid consultant whose book, How to Pay For College Without Going Broke, covers controversial tips about how to maximize financial aid. The tips discussed in this interview are, as far as I know, 100% legal, but definitely take advantage of loopholes in the current laws.
Listen Now:
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Reecy has also made an offer to give a free 15 minute consultation to anyone listening that emails him at reecy@paylessforcollege.com.
Are there any financial aid officers/financial aid …

FAP601: Student Loan Radio 39: A Classical Evening
Tonight’s Student Loan Radio focuses on classical and instrumental music. Student Loan Radio is a music and entertainment podcast that’s part of the Financial Aid Podcast. Listen now:
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+ Blue Jar, Por Una Cabeza, Carlos Gardel ASCAP 460614602
+ Michael Mucklow, Color of the Morning
+ Blue Jar, Meditation
+ Steven Kreiberg, Pachelbel Canon in D
+ “Ashokan Farewell” (mp3)
from “Cabin Fever”
by The Spiritwood Music Northwoods Ensemble
(Spiritwood Music) Buy at iTunes Music Store
More On This Album
+ Ashokan Farewell is ASCAP 310987350
As always, if you have …

FAP596: 5 money tips that you never hear about before college, Sallie Mae payout, Matthew Ebel
Student Financial Aid News
+ Inside Higher Ed: When the directors of Sallie Mae meet next week to consider a $25 billion offer to buy the student loan giant, they will be voting on a transaction that will benefit the company, and also themselves — significantly.
+ A proxy filing by Sallie Mae with the Securities and Exchange Commission last month shows that the company’s directors will earn a total of about $370 million in profit if …

FAP595: Free Stuff Friday for your Dorm Room, Mail Bag, Rates, Matthew Ebel
Student Financial Aid News
+ Chronicle: The nonpartisan Congressional Research Service has raised new doubts about a plan by Democrats in the House of Representatives to cut interest rates on student loans, saying there are better ways of saving students money.
+ The plan to reduce interest rates, initially approved by the House in January as part of the “first 100 hours” of Democratic control, would save students an average of $18 per month, the Congressional Research Service said in …