Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Credit crunch hurting students (The State)

With a key interest rate at its lowest since 2005, it's time to check everything from credit cards to car loans to see if interest could be lower ...
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How to Pay for an MBA (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! News)


Lindsey Aponte, a first-year student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School, made all the right moves when it came to preparing her finances before entering the MBA program.

Access Group Offers New Federal Student Loan Repayment Benefit (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)


At a time when increasing numbers of graduates are choosing Extended Repayment Plans as a preferable alternative to Federal Consolidation Loans, Access Group, the nonprofit graduate loan specialist, has introduced a new extended student loan repayment benefit that will save these borrowers money over the life of their loans.

Credit crunch hurting students (The State)


Despite the Federal Reserve’s latest rate cuts, lenders are raising rates and fees on some student loans — and making others harder to get. In recent months, average rates on private student loans have increased between 0.5 percent and 1 percent, said Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of FinAid.org. Last month, for example, MRU Holdings’ MyRichUncle raised some rates on its private student loans, ...more



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