NYT story about Iowa Student Loan Liquidity Corporation
From Sunday’s New York Times:DES MOINES — When Iowa set up a corporation to make student loans more available, it hoped to expand access to college. Now state officials are investigating whether the...
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Help is coming for college affordability, Loebsack tells students
Despite the ongoing struggle over health care reform, federal lawmakers are committed to passing student aid legislation this year that makes college more accessible, U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack...
View ArticleIowa College Aid launches new Website
Iowa College Aid launched a new website. While the address will remain the same, www.IowaCollegeAid.gov has been redesigned with a modernized look and streamlined navigation. In addition, the website...
View ArticleMount Mercy partners with ICAN to sponsor financial aid presentations
Mount Mercy University is partnering with the Iowa College Access Network (ICAN) to sponsor a series of financial aid presentations across Iowa. The “Financial Aid Night” sessions, presented by ICAN...
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College savings made simple
Mount Mercy College financial aid counselor Bethany Rinderknecht answers questions from Mary Ann Kouba of Wyoming, Iowa, as she arranges for financial aid for her daughter, who starts at Mount Mercy as...
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Braley hears support for Pell Grant, education funding
Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA/1st).CEDAR RAPIDS – The federal government must keep student loan interest rates low and continue to fund financial aid programs like Pell Grants as college costs rise, Eastern...
View ArticleAs universities provide more aid, they look to replace tuition set-aside
IOWA CITY — Iowa’s regent universities did not get the requested state funding this year to create a financial-aid program for their neediest resident undergraduates, so the schools are hashing out...
View ArticleKirkwood scam warning withdrawn; calls are legitimately on college’s behalf
UPDATE: Kirkwood Community College has discovered that a potential scam it warned students about this week is actually a Kirkwood-authorized phone campaign to remind students that tuition is due.Kathy...
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