Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes and Blog

1. FAP794: Massive free stuff Friday, scholarship secret Friday, 9 May 2008, 5:05 am
   FAP794: Massive free stuff Friday, scholarship secret Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + NASFAA: “‘Financial aid’ most commonly refers to scholarships: direct grants that students need not. […]
2. FAP793: Writing effective cover letters that sell Thursday, 8 May 2008, 5:04 am
   FAP793: Writing effective cover letters that sell Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Yesterday we did a special on HR 5715 - make sure you grab the PDF! + Inside Higher Ed: All the turmoil in th. […]
3. FAP792: Special Bulletin: President Bush signs HR 5715 into law Wednesday, 7 May 2008, 12:34 pm
   FAP792: Special Bulletin: President Bush signs HR 5715 into law Student Financial Aid News + Rather than do an audio episode trying to read what’s essentially a bunch of charts, I made a bunch of ch. […]
4. The 17 pound laptop battery Tuesday, 6 May 2008, 9:01 am
   I just got my new laptop battery in the mail. It’s 17 pounds. Believe it or not, this is a good thing. Here it is: Digg this! Why is this important? As part of the Student Loan Network’s efforts t. […]
5. FAP791: Skyrocketing meal plans, PLUS loans, loan indexes Tuesday, 6 May 2008, 4:57 am
   FAP791: Skyrocketing meal plans, PLUS loans, loan indexes Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Chronicle: Students are likely to see a sharp increase in the cost of on-campus meal plans this fall,. […]
6. FAP790: The Fed, TAF, APA, and College Costs Monday, 5 May 2008, 4:41 am
   FAP790: The Fed, TAF, APA, and College Costs Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Did the Financial Aid Podcast alter Fed policy? + The Higher Education Act expired on Friday. How does this affect. […]
7. Did the Financial Aid Podcast alter Fed policy? Sunday, 4 May 2008, 8:03 am
   Probably not, but it’s kind of funny to think so. On March 9, I blogged about how the Fed could use the Term Auction Facility (TAF) to add liquidity to student lending. This made it into the Higher. […]
8. FAP789: PLUS Loan Moral Hazards, Free Stuff Friday Friday, 2 May 2008, 4:53 am
   FAP789: PLUS Loan Moral Hazards, Free Stuff Friday Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + NASFAA: HR 5715 approved - going through final phases now + Increase Annual and Aggregate Stafford Loan Limi. […]
9. Spend your economic stimulus check here! Thursday, 1 May 2008, 12:01 pm
   Economic stimulus checks are rolling out beginning today across America. Over $150 billion will be distributed to American citizens. Every advertiser and company in America is rolling out a campaign t. […]
10. FAP788: Reputation protection online Thursday, 1 May 2008, 8:33 am
    FAP788: Reputation protection online Jobcast + On the road this AM, talking about Google, personal brand, and keeping things clean Did you enjoy today’s show? If so, please consider subscribing for. […]
11. FAP787: Using LinkedIn To Build Your Personal Network Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 5:31 am
    FAP787: Using LinkedIn To Build Your Personal Network News You Can Use + A session I did about LinkedIn, from PodCamp NYC. + Find me at http://www.linkedin.com/in/cspenn Watch Now: Slides: | View | Up. […]
12. FAP786: How much student loan debt is too much? Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 5:04 am
    FAP786: How much student loan debt is too much? Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Chronicle: If Congress wants more low-income students to enroll in college, it should provide larger Pell Grant. […]
13. FAP785: The Missing Free Stuff, Student loan troubles Monday, 28 April 2008, 5:16 am
    FAP785: The Missing Free Stuff, Student loan troubles Listen now Student Financial Aid News + Back from PodCamp NYC + Chronicle: Rarely does a president devote a national address to a higher-education. […]
14. Best of FAP: Meditation Thursday, 24 April 2008, 8:24 pm
    On April 1, I posted up a meditation session as the April Fool’s Joke, and I wanted to repost it as a serious show. Give it a try - and please let me know how it works for you. Direct link to the MP. […]
15. FAP784: Local Scholarships, PLUS Loan Borrower Protection Act Wednesday, 23 April 2008, 5:15 am
    FAP784: Local Scholarships, PLUS Loan Borrower Protection Act Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Inside Higher Ed: Momentum has been building for the federal government to take increasingly aggr. […]
16. Opinion: PLUS Loan Borrower Protection Act is a bad idea Tuesday, 22 April 2008, 10:10 am
    NCHELP just published this gem: Yesterday, Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT), senior member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, along with a group of Senators introduced S. 2985, t. […]
17. FAP783: Special Episode - Earth Day Tuesday, 22 April 2008, 4:36 am
    FAP783: Special Episode - Earth Day Listen now: It’s Earth Day, a celebration of all things environmental. Here at the Financial Aid Podcast, we celebrate TWO kinds of green - green living, and the. […]
18. FAP782: What to do if your financial aid check bounces Monday, 21 April 2008, 4:57 am
    FAP782: What to do if your financial aid check bounces Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + From the Boston Globe: Checks issued by private student loan guarantee agency are bouncing. + Teri spoke. […]
19. Opinion: Cutting off community colleges from student loans is dangerous Thursday, 17 April 2008, 5:35 am
    Listen now: Direct MP3 file download: Click here to download the MP3 The recent announcements by some major lenders that companies are withdrawing student loans from colleges based on low graduation r. […]
20. MEFA / Student Loan Network on WCVB 5 Thursday, 17 April 2008, 5:26 am
    Last night, I made a brief appearance on WCVB 5 about the Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority story that’s been all over the Boston media. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWoNMC87yk8 Tune i. […]
21. FAP780: MEFA, 7 essential job hunting productivity tools Thursday, 17 April 2008, 5:21 am
    FAP780: MEFA, 7 essential job hunting productivity tools Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + I was on WCVB again last night about this piece of news - MEFA, the Massachusetts Educational Financin. […]
22. MEFA No Longer Offering Federal Student Loans as of July 1 Wednesday, 16 April 2008, 5:32 am
    The Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ public, state-run student loan agency, the Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority, or MEFA, announced yesterday that they’re withdrawing from the federal. […]
23. FAP779: Roundtable Discussion - Paying for College in Uncertain Times Tuesday, 15 April 2008, 9:15 pm
    FAP779: Roundtable Discussion - Paying for College in Uncertain Times Listen now: Good morning and good afternoon. My name is Christopher Penn, host of the Financial Aid Podcast, and this is the Stude. […]
24. Need an IRS Tax Return Filing Extension for Income Taxes? Tuesday, 15 April 2008, 6:21 am
    April 15 is the deadline for filing a federal tax return. But not everybody can meet that deadline. If you need more time to get your paperwork in, make sure you file a Form 4868, Automatic Extension. […]
25. FAP778: 206 Full Tuition Scholarships, HELOC Tuesday, 15 April 2008, 4:57 am
    FAP778: 206 Full Tuition Scholarships, HELOC Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + It’s tax day - reminders on Dunkin Donuts and your stimulus check + Inside Higher Ed: A few weeks after Harvard. […]
26. The Financial Aid Podcast turns 3 Monday, 14 April 2008, 5:20 am
    The Financial Aid Podcast went on the air for the first time on April 14, 2005. What a trip it’s been so far. Three years, 777 episodes of audio, a dozen conferences, over 60 videos, 5 books, and mo. […]
27. FAP777: Birthday, Sallie Mae Student Loan Consolidation, HELOC Monday, 14 April 2008, 5:09 am
    FAP777: Birthday, Sallie Mae Student Loan Consolidation, HELOC Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Happy Student Loan Network anniversary Monique Leonard! + The Financial Aid Podcast celebrates 3. […]
28. FAP776: US News and World Report, Free Stuff Friday Friday, 11 April 2008, 4:58 am
    FAP776: US News and World Report, Free Stuff Friday Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Hey, we’re in US News and World Report! + An article by Kim Palmer and a followup blog post by Richard Mo. […]
29. FAP775: Underwear scholarship, FAFSA, LinkedIn JobCast Thursday, 10 April 2008, 4:59 am
    FAP775: Underwear scholarship, FAFSA, LinkedIn JobCast Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Yesterday we had a terrific live episode talking about the student lending crisis - over 250 people tune. […]
30. Financial Aid Podcast LIVE Today 12 PM Eastern Wednesday, 9 April 2008, 4:13 am
    Financial Aid Podcast LIVE Today 12 PM Eastern The regular Financial Aid Podcast will not air this morning, as we will be having the Financial Aid Podcast LIVE at 12:00 PM ET today, Wednesday, April 9. […]
31. SREB GoAlliance New Media Workshop Slides Tuesday, 8 April 2008, 10:32 am
    I had the opportunity to present a 6 hour workshop on new media marketing to the members of the SREB GoAlliance last week in Atlanta. Here’s the slide deck from the academic portion of the workshop.. […]
32. FAP774: TERI declares bankruptcy, private student loans, cost of college Tuesday, 8 April 2008, 5:08 am
    FAP774: TERI declares bankruptcy, private student loans, cost of college Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + TERI, The Education Resource Institute, declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy last night. + R. […]
33. FAP773: Is your college degree brand worth it? Monday, 7 April 2008, 4:51 am
    FAP773: Is your college degree brand worth it? Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Charlie Miller, former Spellings Commission member, has come out with a huge article on Inside Higher Ed about t. […]
34. How Important Is Your Undergraduate Degree Brand? Friday, 4 April 2008, 11:38 am
    How Important Is Your Undergraduate Degree Brand? Harvard. MIT. Yale. All brand names associated with top quality, top price education, and rightfully so as these institutions repeatedly churn out out. […]
35. FAP772: Free stuff Friday, Lender of Last Resort, SREB Friday, 4 April 2008, 5:34 am
    FAP772: Free stuff Friday, Lender of Last Resort, SREB Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + At the SREB GoAlliance conference yesterday + Some revelatory facts - every 26 seconds, a kid drops out. […]
36. FAP771: Jobcast: How To Get Started Out of College Thursday, 3 April 2008, 3:43 am
    FAP771: Jobcast: How To Get Started Out of College Listen now: Burston Marsteller PR agency’s Allie Osmar recently interviewed me for her show, the Creative Career, on what college students just gra. […]
37. FAP770: Two new scholarship search secrets Wednesday, 2 April 2008, 4:57 am
    FAP770: Two new scholarship search secrets Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + AP Newswire: Seventeen of the nation’s 50 largest cities had high school graduation rates lower than 50 percent, w. […]
38. FAP769: Financial Aid Podcast April Fools Edition Tuesday, 1 April 2008, 3:59 am
    FAP769: Financial Aid Podcast April Fools Edition Listen now: How To Meditate Welcome to the Financial Aid Podcast meditation session, a 6 minute meditation designed to help you relax and de-stress du. […]
39. FAP768: Determining which college is cheapest, YouTube Scholarship Monday, 31 March 2008, 4:55 am
    FAP768: Determining which college is cheapest, YouTube Scholarship Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Chronicle: According to a new nationwide survey conducted through The Chronicle/Gallup Panel. […]
40. FAP767: Going green on Free Stuff Friday, Earth Day 2008 Friday, 28 March 2008, 5:13 am
    FAP767: Going green on Free Stuff Friday, Earth Day 2008 Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Inside Higher Ed: “Banks are marketing aggressively through a variety of channels. They’re calling. […]
41. FAP766: Admissions Wait Lists and Using LinkedIn Thursday, 27 March 2008, 5:01 am
    FAP766: Admissions Wait Lists and Using LinkedIn Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Got some awesome mail to start my day from Nolan in Oregon: Thank you very much for publishing your Ebook on s. […]
42. FAP765: Student Loan TV Coverage of Scholarship eBook Wednesday, 26 March 2008, 4:11 am
    FAP765: Student Loan TV Coverage of Scholarship eBook As promised earlier in the week, here’s the recent coverage of the Scholarship Search Secrets eBook in video - it’s about 52 MB and should be. […]
43. FAP764: Marketing Yourself for Scholarship Dollars Tuesday, 25 March 2008, 4:54 am
    FAP764: Marketing Yourself for Scholarship Dollars Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Inside Higher Ed: Brazos Higher Education Service Corp., the fourth largest holder of guaranteed student loa. […]
44. Scholarship Search Secrets on WCVB Boston 5 Monday, 24 March 2008, 6:51 pm
    WCVB Boston 5 featured our free eBook, Scholarship Search Secrets, on the Six O’Clock News. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXX0J_LqQOI The Student Loan Network has a series of resources that can hel. […]
45. FAP763: The Dark Side of No-Loan College Admissions Monday, 24 March 2008, 4:44 am
    FAP763: The Dark Side of No-Loan College Admissions Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Great analysis piece on Inside Higher Ed about the darker side of colleges going no-loan + For colleges tha. […]
46. FAP762: Free Stuff Friday, federal student loans Friday, 21 March 2008, 5:10 am
    FAP762: Free iced coffee at Dunkin Donuts, federal student loans Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Chronicle: Several financial companies that have formed partnerships with colleges in the “s. […]
47. Twitter NCAA 2008 March Madness Charity Pool Thursday, 20 March 2008, 7:32 pm
    Jeff Hinz started this idea and I love it, so we’re going to run with it. We’re going to have an NCAA Men’s Basketball 2008 March Madness Charity Pool. The suggested bet is US$25 into the pool.. […]
48. 2008 NCAA Men’s Basketball Brackets - My Picks Thursday, 20 March 2008, 5:27 am
    I liked the Bayesian analysis that USA Today’s Jeff Sagarin did of the teams. A few minor upsets predicted, but North Carolina expected for the win. If you’re curious, here’s my 2008 NCAA Men’. […]
49. FAP761: Jobcast - How to find a job quickly Thursday, 20 March 2008, 4:53 am
    FAP761: Jobcast - How to find a job quickly Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + The 91 day T-Bill last night closed at 0.59% - a record low + If you have variable rate federal student loans from. […]
50. FAP760: 3 Things You Must Know From Your Financial Aid Award Letter Wednesday, 19 March 2008, 5:05 am
    FAP760: 3 Things You Must Know From Your Financial Aid Award Letter Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Inside Higher Ed: It probably won’t surprise too many people that a new federal report sh. […]