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To help make the confusing and stressful financial aid process easier, the Student Loan Network also delivers student loan resources, including our popular student loan blogs, the monthly Financial Aid Newsletter, free eBooks, and valuable content. Each year, more than 10 million students, parents, and financial aid officers make the most of their education experience through our loan products and free resources. Student Loan news and articles about changes in federal and private student loan programs can be found below. Visit the Student Loan Network Blog for more news and advice!
Auto-fill your FAFSA with IRS Data Retrieval
Feb 1 2012 - Starting today, February 1, students and parents who have filed their taxes can pull this information directly into their FAFSA...
Public Service Loan Forgiveness? Yes please!
Jan 31 2012 - The Department of Education has recently made improvements to the PSLF process. While the requirements remain the same, they are more clear, and there's a varie...
Paying for college: What you should know
Jan 18 2012 - Paying for college doesn't have to be stressful, just make sure to utilize all the resources available to you, and you'll be financial aid whizzes in no time!
Check out the FAFSA Help Guide eBook
Jan 16 2012 - It's FAFSA season again, and thanks to FAFSAOnline.com, we're providing students and families with a downloadable FAFSA Help Guide to the online form.
2012-2013 FAFSA: What’s changed?
Jan 10 2012 - The Department of Education has been making great strides in streamlining the often-confusing online FAFSA form. This year, students and parents should find it...
Releasing your co-signer from your loan
Jan 4 2012 - I recently released my co-signer (my dad) from the burden of being responsible for my student loan payments. A co-signer is responsible for the payment of a stu...
Obama holds roundtable discussion on college affordability
Dec 9 2011 - This past Monday, President Obama held a roundtable to discuss the college affordability crisis. Attendees included Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and a doz...
IRS Data Retrieval Tool for FAFSA
Nov 29 2011 - The IRS data Retrieval tool is a helpful resource for many parents and students filing the FAFSA. The tool allows first-time and returning applicants to pull th...
Occupy Movement: Student loan forgiveness or future loan default?
Nov 21 2011 - With tuition at astronomical numbers, and unemployment at a high rate, many students and graduates are unable to repay their loans. Because of this, OSD has a n...
Dept. of Education websites down for scheduled maintenance
Nov 14 2011 - Starting Saturday, November 19th, 2011 some of the major loan servicing websites of the Department of Education will be down for site maintenance and upgrade pu...
