Student Loan News http://studentloannews.org Latest news on the student loan industry Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:15:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 en Five Lessons from PayScale’s College “Return on Investment” Data http://studentloannews.org/2010/07/30/five-lessons-from-payscale%e2%80%99s-college-%e2%80%9creturn-on-investment%e2%80%9d-data/ http://studentloannews.org/2010/07/30/five-lessons-from-payscale%e2%80%99s-college-%e2%80%9creturn-on-investment%e2%80%9d-data/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:15:53 +0000 Uncategorized http://studentloannews.org/2010/07/30/five-lessons-from-payscale%e2%80%99s-college-%e2%80%9creturn-on-investment%e2%80%9d-data/ For the past month the Internet has been abuzz over the PayScale study that attempts to quantify the value of a college degree. Francesca Di Meglio, writing for Bloomberg BusinessWeek.com backed a position that is now seeing growing national support: College: Big Investment, Paltry Return. Di Meglio notes the general theory that has seemingly been […]

Original post by Terreece M. Clarke and studentloannews.org

]]> http://studentloannews.org/2010/07/30/five-lessons-from-payscale%e2%80%99s-college-%e2%80%9creturn-on-investment%e2%80%9d-data/feed/ Phones Here Phones There http://studentloannews.org/2010/07/30/phones-here-phones-there/ http://studentloannews.org/2010/07/30/phones-here-phones-there/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:15:51 +0000 Uncategorized http://studentloannews.org/2010/07/30/phones-here-phones-there/   I was waiting for the Metro today in Washington DC. It is obvious that practically everyone has a cell phone. What was shocking to me today was the fact that EVERYONE has a cell phone. Waiting for the metro to arrive I counted approximately 100 people. Of those 100 people there were two people […]

Original post by Terreece M. Clarke and studentloannews.org

]]> http://studentloannews.org/2010/07/30/phones-here-phones-there/feed/ iPad in Education http://studentloannews.org/2010/07/28/ipad-in-education/ http://studentloannews.org/2010/07/28/ipad-in-education/#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:19:52 +0000 Uncategorized http://studentloannews.org/2010/07/28/ipad-in-education/ I am in love with my iPad. It is practically the best thing I’ve ever owned. I received it for my birthday about two months ago and not a day has gone by that I haven’t enjoyed its loveliness. From the moment I received this toy I can’t stop thinking about how awesome it would […]

Original post by Terreece M. Clarke and studentloannews.org

]]> http://studentloannews.org/2010/07/28/ipad-in-education/feed/ 2010-2011 Federal Student Loan Interest Rates http://studentloannews.org/2010/07/28/2010-2011-federal-student-loan-interest-rates/ http://studentloannews.org/2010/07/28/2010-2011-federal-student-loan-interest-rates/#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:38:09 +0000 stafford loan financial aid Student Loans federal loan interest rate federal student loan interest Federal Student Loan Interest Rates http://studentloannews.org/2010/07/28/2010-2011-federal-student-loan-interest-rates/ Hello folks! In our rush of excitement over the passing of SAFRA, we forgot to blog about this year’s federal student loan interest rates.
Here is the complete listing, all in one place for convenience:
Undergraduate
Unsubsidized Direct Stafford Loan: 6.80% APR
Subsidized Direct Stafford Loan: 4.50% APR
Graduate
Unsubsidized Direct Stafford Loan: 6.80% APR
Subsidized Direct Stafford Loan: 6.80% APR
Direct Graduate […]

Original post by Evan Jacobs and studentloannews.org

]]> http://studentloannews.org/2010/07/28/2010-2011-federal-student-loan-interest-rates/feed/ A Laptop for Every Child? http://studentloannews.org/2010/07/26/a-laptop-for-every-child/ http://studentloannews.org/2010/07/26/a-laptop-for-every-child/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:01:54 +0000 Uncategorized http://studentloannews.org/2010/07/26/a-laptop-for-every-child/ Let me start by saying that I mean no disrespect whatsoever to the one laptop per child initiative. The one laptop initiative provides a donation opportunity where a special laptop is donated to a child in a developing country for the price of $199. The fact being that children in developing countries do not have […]

Original post by Terreece M. Clarke and studentloannews.org

]]> http://studentloannews.org/2010/07/26/a-laptop-for-every-child/feed/