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When you're considering college-or some form of education after high school- financial aid almost always comes to mind.While you have the primary responsibility of paying for college, sometimes those funds just aren't enough and you need to look at other resources. The U.S. Department of Education provides more than $150 billion in federal student aid (grants, work-study, and loans) each year to students seeking a postsecondary education (a degree after high school). About 14 million students currently receive federal student aid with a majority receiving federal student loans. In addition to federal student aid, financial aid is alsoavailable from colleges, companies, private scholarship funds, or the state in which you live. So there are resources to help you pay for college, but you have to utilize them!As you explore your financial aid options, make sure to consider federal student loans. These loans are a possibility for everyone because not all federal student loans are based solely on financial need. If you have any questions or concerns about getting a federal student loan, then make sure to review this publication.
The House Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations met to hear testimony from leaders in government and higher education on managing the federal direct student loan program. Focus was on the Department of Education's plans to correct existing management problems of the Guaranteed Student Loan Program and implement the additional responsibilities of managing a direct lending loan program. Statements are included from the following: Robert E. Andrews, New Jersey Representative; Stephanie Bloomingdale, U.S. Students Association; Thomas A. Butts, for the American Council on Education, American Association of State Colleges and Universities, American Association of Community Colleges, National Association of College and University Business Officers, and National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges; Clarence C. Crawford, :U.S. General Accounting Office; Orcilia Zuniga Forbes, University of New Mexico; William F. Goodling, Representative from Pennsylvania; Madeline Kunin, U.S. Department of Education; Thomas E. Petri, Representative from Wisconsin; Anne Sturtevant, Emory University (Tennessee); and Edolphus Towns, Representative from New York. (JB)
Title IV of the Higher Education Act (HEA) authorises the major federal student aid programs, including the student loan programs, which are the largest source of aid for students. In FY2000, the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) programs and the Federal Direct Student Loan (DL) program supported an estimated $33.1 billion in new loan volume. Several types of loans are available: Federal need-based subsidised Stafford loans (under which the government pays the interest while the borrower is in school, a grace period of deferment); unsubsidised Stafford loans; Federal PLUS loans (for parents of undergraduate students); and Federal Consolidation loans. Overall, student loan volume has been increased in recent years, from $24 billion in FY1994 to $33 billion in FY2000. The number of loans being made has increased over the same period going from 6,483,000 to 8,618,000. The average amount that individual students are borrowing in any given year has not increased as dramatically. This new book examines important issues related to this cornerstone of American higher education.