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Posted at 09:59 PM in Credit cards, Financial Aid Office, Financial Literacy, Market Buzz, Scholarships, Students and Parents, Surveys and Research Reports | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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I thought you would be interested in some of the recent activity at Next Gen Personal Finance. We are developing engaging, real-world personal finance curricula for high school and college students that work great in a classroom setting as well as for independent study. Teachers have found our resources to be a great supplement to their existing curriculum.
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We'll start this week with student loan news and go from there...
Meanwhile, Sallie Mae continues to grow their private loan originations which they reported as of the end of the 3rd quarter were up 21% year-to-date and 29% in the 3Q (a seasonally strong quarter) as compared to last year. Other highlights from the call:
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This weekly (or perhaps more frequent) compilation of tips, trends and news is intended to help readers improve their level of financial literacy. Have any ideas for stories or topics feel free to send them along to me at tranzetta@studentlendinganalytics.com. I hope you enjoy it!
SmartMoney provides a top ten list of what student loan companies won't tell you including "you may be in over your head" as default rates on loans increase:
"Nearly 10% of federal student-loan borrowers defaulted during the two years ended Sept. 30, 2010, according to the Department of Education, up from 7% in 2008. Private student loan defaults are rising also: Around 5.4% of private student loans defaulted during the second quarter of this year, up from 4.5% a year ago, according to Moody's Investors Service Private Student Loan Indices, which tracks loans."
On the subject of increasing student loan defaults, Penn State is considering bolstering their financial literacy offerings:
Continue reading "I'm Back......What's Happening With Financial Literacy?" »
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Full results for the SLA 2010 Financial Literacy Survey are available here (view 2009 results here).
Here are the highlights:
The results come from the SLA 2010 Financial Literacy Survey (full results to follow in the next day or two). Thank you to the over 220 respondents to the survey. Sixty-three programs were named by the sixty-nine respondents to this specific question indicating the multiplicity of literacy programs available from a variety of providers. For the second year in a row, NEFE's CashCourse is the top program mentioned by financial aid administrators (click here for last year's results). Their website now indicates that their product is being offered at over 502 campuses making them the closest to a market standard at this point. Please note however, that it is difficult to gauge the usage patterns of their product. I didn't come across such statistics (if anyone has them, please feel free to pass along).
Here are the programs mentioned, with the frequency that they were named in response to this open-ended question on the survey: What source(s) would you recommend for a financial aid administrator interested in developing a financial literacy program for his/her institution?
Continue reading "Which Financial Literacy Programs Are Aid Administrators Recommending?" »
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