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FAP865: Student Loan Interview on WERS Listen now: Expert Interview + Today I’m interviewed by Sonia Saini from WERS about the credit crunch and student loans Did you enjoy today’s show? If so, please consider subscribing for free to get it delivered to you.

FAP864: Beloit College Mindset List, FMD, EFP Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Yesterday we released the Cheap College Textbooks free eBook + Marketwatch: Student lender First Marblehead Corp. (ticker: FMD) said Goldman Sachs (ticker: GS) completed a $132.7 million cash investment in the company as co-founder Daniel Meyers will return to lead the firm.

Tony Pugh's recent accounting of credit card pushing on campus is a must read. It's so important that I'm going paste as much here as I can get away with and provide commentary. Titled "Big debt on campus: Credit offers flood the quad," and distributed by McClatchy-Tribune, I saw the article in today's Chicago Tribune.

The latest Edvisors eBook is now published, How To Find Cheap College Textbooks. This will eventually live at our new campus-based site, CampusX, but it’s of course distributed first to YOU, Financial Aid Podcast loyalists, as my ongoing way of saying thank you for your continued support.

FAP863: More options if you run into financial aid trouble Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Bloomberg: Just three days after the Fed approved a loan against Bear Stearns securities, Pennsylvania Democratic Representative Paul Kanjorski and 31 other lawmakers sent Bernanke a letter asking him to open the discount window to nonbank education-loan companies.

BEST WEEK EVER Posted on August 15, 2008 by Her and tagged student_loan Michael Phelps became the world's greatest Olympian, Lin Miaoke was deemed "cute enough" for television, and a generous relative paid off $50,000 of Her's student loans.

So I'm innocently reading this entry at the Chronicle blog until I get here, and my mouth drops: Students from outside the 27-nation European Union and the European Economic Area now enjoy access to free higher education in Finland, but the new law would impose tuition on non-European students

When Should I File For Bankruptcy? Posted: 15 Aug 2008 You owe a large amount of money. Sure, bankruptcy is an option to get rid of the debt but how do you know when to file? Have you been asking yourself certain questions like: Am I qualified? Do I owe enough money?

Great Lakes Student Loans August 14th, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed Great Lakes Student Loans are decidedly where you wish to start seeking that loan, especially in today’s fast paced world. College used to be considered a privilege that some would earn for their hard work in school and dedication to education; now it is just a high priced burden for some.

Consolidation is a great debt management tool. It allows you more time to repay your loan(s). You can generally extend your loan terms out to 25 or 30 years from the initial 10-year marker, which means you can dramatically lower your monthly payment. Another good thing these days are the lower interest rates.