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FAP445: Nerd alert, paying for the student loan program in Washington, Norwegian scholarship, Geoff Smith
Student Financial Aid News
+ Late payments for most consumer loans rose in the third quarter of 2006, according to the American Bankers Association.
+ Late payments in eight types of closed-end installment loans, known as the composite ratio, increased to 2.12% of accounts on a seasonally adjusted basis in the third quarter from 1.96% in the second quarter of 2006. Delinquencies for this ratio hit 2.17% in the third quarter of 2005.
+ The ABA’s quarterly survey of …

FAP381: A FAFSA kerfuffle, lots of surveys, sculpture scholarship, terrorists on campus, Matthew Ebel
Student Financial Aid News
+ If community colleges want to see more students graduate or finish programs, what should institutions do? Add new testing or assessment programs?
+ There may be a simple answer. A national analysis of graduation and program completion rates at community colleges has found that institutions with higher percentages of full-time faculty members have higher completion rates. The study was conducted by Dan Jacoby, the Harry Bridges Professor of Labor Studies at the University of …

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