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Loan Break for Library Students? (04 Jun 2006)
Reports that the U.S. House of Representatives passed an amendment to the Higher Education Act that would forgive student loans for librarians working in poor communities; Shortage of librarians across the United States; Proposal of the amendment by Representative Raul Grijalva of Arizona.Full Text Word Count:152P

Chile to Create Loans for Private U.'s. (04 Jun 2006)
Reports on the plan of Chile to create a loan guarantee program for students at private universities. Amount of the fund that was passed by both houses of the Chilean Congress; Opposition of public-university students to the plan; Number of private universities that support the provision.Full Text Word Count:304P

Lawmakers Offer Direct-Loan Plan. (04 Jun 2006)
Reports on the introduction of the Student Aid Reward Act in the U.S., a bill that aims to generate scholarship funds by enticing colleges to participate in the direct-student-loan program instead of the guaranteed-loan program. Connection of the bill to the battle over direct lending in the country; Proof that direct lending is cheaper; Information on the direct lending program.Full Text Word Count:192P

Higher learning, higher flying. (04 Jun 2006)
The editorial comments on access to higher education in Canada with income-contingent loans. Former Ontario premier Bob Rae released his interim report on how to fix his province's university and college system last fall and mentioned the concept of income-contingent loans. This form of student financing defers tuition payments until students leave school. The ultimate repayment schedule is determined by their income after graduation. Income-contingent loans have the ability to solve all the major problems facing our post-secondary system. They permit the deregulation of fees while keeping higher education accessible to all income levels. That graduates should be expected to pay their share strikes us as fair, since they stand to make the greatest gains. So it was disappointing to see Rae push this notion aside in his final report and instead promote a system of grants, loans and differential fees based on student income levels entering school. At the same time, Alberta recently announced a freeze on tuition and pledged to create 60,000 new post-secondary spaces. Again, the sentiment is well-placed, but the implementation is wrong. Capping tuition and forcing schools to rely even more heavily on the whims of government funding is not a permanent solution to higher education's problems.Full Text Word Count:823Persistent link to this record: h

Sallie Mae Sued Over Student Loans. (04 Jun 2006)
Deals with the lawsuit filed by College Loan Corp. against the Student Loan Marketing Association over student loans. Amount of damages sought by College Loan against the association; Allegations against the association; Background on the operation of the association.Full Text Word Count:360P

WAYS & MEANS. (04 Jun 2006)
This article reports that U.S. Secretary of Education, Margaret Spellings, has decided that the New Mexico Educational Assistance Foundation, a nonprofit lender that the Education Department's Office of the Inspector General has accused of overcharging the government by up to $36-million in payments to subsidize student loans, will not have to pay the money back. The inspector general's report, issued in May, recommended that the department require the foundation to return what the report called overpayments. At issue were payments that the Education Department had made to the foundation to finance new student loans with tax-exempt bonds. In the 1980s, the Congress allowed nonprofit lenders a guaranteed return of 9.5 percent to protect them at a time when the economy was sour and the costs of making loans were soaring. The Congress stripped away that advantage in 1993 but grandfathered in loans already made. Under a practice known as recycling, lenders get the guaranteed 9.5-percent return on new loans they make with funds from payments they have received on loans financed with the bonds.Full Text Word Count:439Persistent link to this record: h

College Dropouts Face Loan Hardships. (04 Jun 2006)
Reports on the results of the "Borrowers Who Drop Out: A Neglected Aspect of the College Student Loan Trend" report which deals with loan hardships of college dropouts in the U.S. as of May 13, 2005. Rate of student-loan borrowers who never receive a degree; Number of college dropouts who had loan to repay in 2001; Probability of unemployment on college dropouts.Full Text Word Count:246P

The Educated Move. (04 Jun 2006)
Presents advice for locking in low interest rates on student loans by consolidating. How federal student-loan interest rates will rise on June 30, 2005; Consideration of resources with information on loan consolidation, such as smartloan.com.Full Text Word Count:104P

Rock BOTTOM. (04 Jun 2006)
Focuses on the advantage of consolidating student loans to take advantage of low rates before June 30, 2005. Estimated amount of money that can be saved from consolidating a Stafford loan before June 30; Benefit of consolidating loans with a private lender; Ways to maximize savings from the lower rates.Full Text Word Count:921P

Financial Aid and Student Access: Key Issues Before Congress. (04 Jun 2006)
Provides information on several budget proposals released by U.S. President George W. Bush concerning federal student-aid and college-access programs in the U.S. for the 2006 fiscal year. Increase in student-loan limits; Removal of campus-based student aid; Transfer of funds from several programs that are removed into block grants.Full Text Word Count:1273

Save or pay off DEBT? (04 Jun 2006)
Presents financial advice on retirement savings and loan payments. Definition of good and bad debt; Information on individual retirement arrangements; Ways to pay student loans.Full Text Word Count:699P

A Debtor's Education. (04 Jun 2006)
Details one student's experience with college loans while attending the University of Nebraska. How the student wasn't fully aware of the loan process while in school and how he used of the loan proceeds; His attempts to pay off the loan; Advantages of consolidation of student loans; Financial effect of student loans after graduation.Full Text Word Count:833Persistent link to this record: h

Easing the Loan Payback Pain. (04 Jun 2006)
Presents several tips for U.S. college students on borrowing money for education. Consolidation of interest rates; Selection of a right payment plan; Consideration of nonprofit or lesser-known lenders; Avoidance of credit cards.Full Text Word Count:1161

Direct Student Loan Program is a Taxpayer Rip-Off. (04 Jun 2006)
Focuses on the student loan program for college students in the U.S. Information on the Direct Student Loan Program launched by the administration of former U.S. President Bill Clinton in 1995; Views of former Federal Reserve Board member Lawrence Lindsey on the direct lending program; Action to be taken by Senator Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) to make U.S. universities and colleges use the program.Full Text Word Count:558P

Higher Education Assistance Group Fights to Save Perkins Loan Program. (04 Jun 2006)
Deals with the launch of a campaign by the Coalition of Higher Education Assistance Organizations for the U.S. Congress to eliminate the Perkins Loan Program for college students. Reason behind the opposition of the coalition to the student loan program proposed by President George W. Bush; Overview of the loan program; Efforts of the coalition in soliciting the support of students, colleges, universities and teachers for the campaign.Full Text Word Count:255P

Report Assesses Cost of Direct Loans. (04 Jun 2006)
The article reports that direct lending to college students has cost taxpayers more than originally forecast, but it still costs five times less per loan than guaranteed lending, according to a U.S. Government Accountability Office report released belatedly last week by the Republican chairman of the House of Representatives' education committee. Under the direct-loan program, the Education Department provides loans directly to students through their colleges, bypassing the banks and student-loan-guarantee agencies that make up the rival guaranteed-loan program.Full Text Word Count:392Persistent link to this record: h

A BATTLE OF PERCENTAGE POINTS. (04 Jun 2006)
Features the benefits of consolidating student-loans to the students in the U.S. Possible increase in student-loan interest rates in July 2005; Savings that a loan borrower may get from student-loan consolidation; Consideration of proposals by the Congress for the reauthorization of the federal Higher Education Act in the country.Full Text Word Count:1750

Education Department Allows Use of Loophole in Student-Loan Consolidation. (04 Jun 2006)
Reports on the decision of the U.S. Education Department to allow students to consolidate their federal guaranteed loans while they are still in college. Advantages provided by the decision to students; Provision of the federal student-aid law; Arguments raised by loan-industry officials against the approach advocated by Nancy C. Coolidge, who lobbies on student-aid programs for the University of California system.Full Text Word Count:915P

Student and Graduate Debt. (04 Jun 2006)
The article informs that Fiona Hyslop of Scottish National Party, Lothians, opened a debate on student and graduate debt by saying that replacing loans with grants of the same value would save public money. Murdo Fraser, Conservative from Mid Scotland and Fife said that extending the student loans system would mean that students would not have to use high interest credit cards. Fiona Hyslop disagreed, although she acknowledged that credit card debt was highly significant. She accused the Conservatives of wanting to commercialise all debt, which would compound the debt problem rather than resolving it.Full Text Word Count:951P

STUDENT LOANS: BETTER LOCK IN THAT RATE. (04 Jun 2006)
Reports that the rate on federally guaranteed Stafford Loans is expected to rise. Suggestion that college students refinance their student loans into a single consolidated loan; Report that students can ask to start repaying their loans and then request a deferral on repayment until after they graduate.Full Text Word Count:186P

Combatants Alter Tactics in Fight Over Student-Loan Consolidation. (04 Jun 2006)
Focuses on the potential effects of the increase in fixed interest rates for student loans on the congressional debate over student loan consolidation in the U.S. Changes in methods for calculating the interest rate for student-loan borrowers who consolidated their debt proposed by the House of Representatives Committee on Education and Workforce; Option for consolidating debts suggested by Representative Thomas E. Petri; Efforts of loan industry officials in encouraging the legislators to look for the consolidation program for savings as part of the budget-reconciliation process.Full Text Word Count:2340

Pennsylvania Legislators Question Sallie Mae's Bid to Take Over State Loan Agency. (04 Jun 2006)
Focuses on issues surrounding the U.S. Student Loan Marketing Association's bid for control of the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency. Reasons behind the association's bid; Obligation of the Student Loan Marketing Association under the bid; Charges of the agency against the association.Full Text Word Count:1459Persistent link to this record:

IN BRIEF. (04 Jun 2006)
Presents news briefs on higher education in the U.S. as of February 11, 2005. Position of Sally L. Stroup at the U.S. Education Department; Decision of a federal appeals court on a jury's 2003 ruling regarding a lawsuit filed against the Student Loan Marketing Association by College Loan Corp.; Need of the U.S. Congress to phase out federal student aid according to a report by the Cato Institute.Full Text Word Count:230Persistent link to this record: h

Education Department Fails to Oversee College Lenders, Report Asserts. (04 Jun 2006)
Reports on the assertion of a report released by the Government Accountability Office that the U.S. Education Department must improve its oversight of colleges that acts as lenders in the federal guaranteed student-loan program. Failure of the department's Office of Federal Student Aid to collect compliance audits for the 2002 fiscal year; Concerns raised by critics on the law governing government-subsidized student loans; Response of the department to the report.Full Text Word Count:561Persistent link to this record: h

GRADUATES SHOULD CONSOLIDATE LOANS NOW. (04 Jun 2006)
Reports on the benefits of consolidating education loans to graduated or soon-to-graduate college students in the U.S. on July 1, 2005 according to the Financial Planning Association. Interest rates of consolidated education loans; Demand of private lenders regarding interest rates; Provisions of the proposed 2006 Federal budget of the administration of President George W. Bush for borrowers and lenders of such loans.Full Text Word Count:308P

Sallie Mae Settles Competitor's Lawsuit. (04 Jun 2006)
Reports on the agreement of the Student Loan Marketing Association (Sallie Mae) to settle a lawsuit filed by the College Loan Corp., one of Sallie Mae's competitors in the U.S. federal program that allows college students to consolidate their loans. Allegations of College Loan against Sallie Mae; Argument between the companies over the single-holder rule of the Higher Education Act.Full Text Word Count:312Persistent link to this record: h

STUDENT LOAN BLUES. (04 Jun 2006)
Offers advice for a student on paying default student loans. Maturity date of a default student loan; Options for repayment of the loan according to the Federal Student Aid to restore eligibility.Full Text Word Count:255P

Filling That "Unmet Need". (04 Jun 2006)
The article offers tips for making up the difference between college financial aid packages and tuition costs. Unmet need is what is left after you subtract all your loans, grants and scholarships and whatever you can pay out of pocket from a school's tuition and fees. Cindy Bailey, the College Board's executive director for education finance services and a former financial aid officer, says the situation is tough but not hopeless. There are loan options many parents do not know about as well as strategies for squeezing a bit more out of financial aid offices.Full Text Word Count:1293Persistent link to this record:

Needy families benefit from a total loss. (04 Jun 2006)
Highlights Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc.'s Acoat Benevolence Program which helps body shops restore totaled vehicles to pre-loss condition and then donates the cars to needy families and organizations in the United States. Recruitment of the Acoat service centers on a local level; Aim to promote goodwill at the local level within a community.Full Text Word Count:423Persistent link to this record: h

Donate your car to the National Kidney Foundation. (04 Jun 2006)
Reports on the National Kidney Foundation's acceptance of car donations in New York, New York. Need for donors' issuance of letters for tax purposes; Eligibility of donors to tax deductions; Contact information.Full Text Word Count:322Persistent link to this record: h

CAPTIVE AUDIENCE. (04 Jun 2006)
Reports on the advertising campaign created by Bruce Petersen of the KnollGroup in Oregon for Habitat for Humanity, urging people to donate their cars to charity. What Petersen admits about the project; Part of a bus that Petersen considers the perfect place for such advertisement; Bus campaign text.Full Text Word Count:213P

A SMART TIME TO HAND OVER THE KEYS. (04 Jun 2006)
Mentions the changes in the current system regarding tax deductions when one donates a car to a charity. How the donor is only allowed to take the amount collected from the sale made by the charity which may be far below the Blue Book value; Consideration of how cars worth more than $5,000 will need an independent appraisal when donated.Full Text Word Count:176P

WHAT'S NEW. (04 Jun 2006)
This article presents advice on tax preparation for taxes due April 15, 2005, focusing on new tax rules. The capital-gains tax cut took effect in May of last year, creating mind-numbing complexity for Schedule D filers. This year the rules are simpler--the rate is 15% for long-term capital gains and qualified dividends--but you can still trip yourself up. Starting in 2005, if you donate a car to charity, you'll be able to deduct only the amount the charity netted from selling the car. If you beat the clock and donated a car to charity in 2004, you can still deduct the full fair market value. If you gave money to charity for tsunami relief by Jan. 31, you can take this write-off on either your 2004 or 2005 return. Starting this year--and for 2004 and 2005 only, under current law--you can deduct either your state and local income taxes or sales taxes on your federal return as long as you itemize (and don't fall prey to the AMT). For those who live in states that levy sales taxes but not income taxes, such as Florida, Nevada and Texas, this is a huge boon. If you've been taking the standard deduction, this may be reason enough to itemize.Full Text Word Count:1042Persistent link to this record:

Fortis Says Temporary Health Insurance Is A Valuable Option In Light Of Layoffs. (04 Jun 2006)
Deals with Fortis Health's promotion of short-term medical/health insurance as an option to protect the health and financial security of individuals in line with the rising number of layoffs in the United States. Impact of the layoffs on the demand for temporary insurance; Features and benefits of short-term medical insurance; Rate of increase in the sales of short-term medical insurance products.Full Text Word Count:360Persistent link to this record: h

TO-DO LIST FOR GRADS. (04 Jun 2006)
Offers suggestions for recent college graduates. Helpful Web sites for consolidating government loans; Where to buy temporary health insurance coverage; Job-hunting.Full Text Word Count:99Pe

Rising in the West? (04 Jun 2006)
Discusses several aspects of America West Airlines, Inc. The company's emergence from bankruptcy; Brett Levy's views on why the stock is so low and how much it will earn in 1995.Full Text Word Count:319Persistent link to this record: h

NEWSBRIEFS. (04 Jun 2006)
Offers news briefs related to media and marketing as of April 24, 2000. Expansion of America West Airlines advertising; New programs launched by Univision Communications' Hispanic cable television network Galavision; Promotion of Ingrid Otera-Smart to president-chief operating officer at Mendoza, Dillon & Asociados; Grant given by America Online.Full Text Word Count:245Persistent link to this record: h

America West on board for NFL experience, Super Bowl. (04 Jun 2006)
Reports that America West signed a deal to be the official airline of Super Bowl XXX. Comments from senior director of corporate sponsorships at National Football League (NFL) Properties; NFL unability to find year-round airline sponsorship; Reference made to Delta's sponsorship of Olympics.Full Text Word Count:117Persistent link to this record: h

America West. (04 Jun 2006)
Forecasts on America West Airlines Inc.'s stock market performance. Losses in sales; Estimated percentage of growth in earnings; Price per earnings.Full Text Word Count:474Persistent link to this record: h

America West opens $24 mil review. (04 Jun 2006)
Reports on America West Airlines' decision to open its advertising account into review. The current handling of the account by Team One, a unit of Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising; The reason for the review.Full Text Word Count:68Persistent link to this record: ht

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