Student Loan - ELM Resources Celebrates Record Year and Elects New Board Members at 2006 Annual Member Conference

ELM Resources Celebrates Record Year and Elects New Board Members at 2006 Annual Member Conference
OAKLAND, Calif.----April 12, 2006--ELM Resources, the nation's only open and neutral education loan data exchange and disbursement system, held its annual Member Conference in Orlando, FL on March 30 and 31, 2006.

Sandra Block: Your Money - If you consolidate student loans before July, you can lock in lower rate
We hate to nag. Really. But if you're on track to graduate from college this spring, you should consolidate your federal student loans before July 1. And if you graduated last year but didn't get around to consolidating, do it now.

Time to lock in student loan rates
This might be your last chance to consolidate your student loans before rates go up. A year ago, borrowers consolidated education loans in droves to lock in the lowest interest rates in the federal loan program's 40-year history.

Durbin weighs in on rising student loan interest rates
The cost of higher education is skyrocketing and student loans won't be as much a relief as they have been before. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill) spoke at a student town hall meeting last Thursday in SCE about the impending cuts to federal financial aid programs-cuts that could cost current and future college students thousands of dollars.

DA: Debts led U of R student to kill father, injure mother
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Tens of thousands of dollars in debt led a former Rochester college student to attack his parents while they slept in their suburban Albany home. That's according to court documents filed by the Albany County District Attorney's Office in the murder case of Christopher Porco.