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Apr 27, 2007, Student Loan Help

Student loan help and advice - it's a jungle out there, you need to read this page before you jump into student loan hell.

Mar 24, 2007, Cheap Textbooks

Cheap textbooks and how to find them. Strategies for lowering your oveall textbook cost.

Mar 24, 2007, College Slacker

Accept The 'College Slacker' Challenge. Make things less complicated, less

Mar 23, 2007, Busted - Student Loan Companies Under the Microscope

News Alert!

Andrew Cuomo, New York State Attorney General, is suing California college loan company, Education Finance Partners for deceptive business practice.

We're talking illegal kickbacks to schools that put EFP at the top of the preferred lender's list. Some lenders sent college financial aid officers on sweet vaykays - all expenses paid - for the privilege of "servicing" their loans.

Whoa. Kick me, pinch me, wake me up! Isn't this what all the schools and lenders are doing? Jumping into bed with each other to er... oh wait... somewhere the students are there too, cuz we are the ones getting screwed.

Why Cuomo is picking on San Francisco based, EFP is a mystery, but he's got to start somewhere. Let's hope this isn't just a shark fest over the 85 billion dollar student loan pie.

Why should students eat beans while their financial "aid" officers are drinking martinis on some white sand, Fijian beach? I ask you. (Now, I know why they never answer their phones.)

Cuomo's office is probing the following lenders - Sallie Mae, Nelnet Inc., EFP, EduCap, the College Board, CIT Group -

My lender is on that list... is yours?

Mar 23, 2007, North Dakota's Free College Bill - A Nice Idea

How do you get kids to go to University in freezing, boring North Dakota? You make it free, of course. It's a nice idea, but the North Dakota House rejected it on Thursday citing costs...

Mar 22, 2007, How to Go to College if You Are Learning Disabled

Those with learning disabilities have a tough sell to get into college. There are things you should know to put you ten steps ahead of the game. First of all, you have something to give, secondly yo

Mar 15, 2007, Power Read

Power Read For Better Grades - tip and techniques that get you reading zero to sixty in sixty seconds.

Mar 15, 2007, Learn to Read Faster

Learn to read faster. Tips and techniques to get your reading speed Nascar ready. This is the information age folks - you gotta read FAST.

Mar 15, 2007, Using Wikipedia as an Educational Resource

Why ban wikipedia? Why aren't we teaching students to think critically about online resources?

Mar 9, 2007, Newt Gingrich vs. Bill Clinton - Fight Tonight

Tonight at Five, "Gingy Hyprocrit" Gingrich takes on "Billy Glint" Clinton as they square off on the biggest venue this year "WHO LET MY DOGS OUT".

It remains to be seen who will take home the Gillette 2000 Championship. Both Billy and Gingy have the stats to back a win.

Neither admit to being a hypocrite or even to understanding what exactly that means, but each tells his own story when it comes to the big question..."Did you have sexual relations with that woman."

Billy prefers the finger shaking distraction method and the "no means yes" backwards hammer flip. Gingy likes to bring it on full forward and disdains the finger shaking and the flipping. "No distraction techniques for me" he says. "I did it. I liked it."

More on the Family Values channel later... stay tuned...