Taxing Marriages (Student Loan)

Taxing Marriages
A combination made not in heaven but by Congress and the IRS.

Student Loan Rates Set for Record Increase; Fed Rate Hike Makes It Vital for Students and Parents to Consolidate Loans
Yesterday, the Federal Reserve unexpectedly raised target short-term interest rates to their highest level in five years, making it increasingly likely that interest rates on existing student loans, which are tied to the 91-day T-bill and reset on May 30, will rise by the highest margin in the student loan program's history. Students, parents and graduates can protect themselves against these

Education Finance Partners Teams-Up With TG
Education FinancePartners, an innovative private education loanprovider, announced that they are working with TG, one of the nation'sleading student loan guarantors, to give schools the ability to certify anddisburse their private student loans using TG's state-of-the-arttechnology. Schools working with Education Finance Partners can now certifytheir private loans through AdvanTG Web(TM), an

Graduates At Risk Of Overstretching
The credit industry is being encouraged to share customers' credit information. So why isn't the government following suit?

Making Ends Meet Can Be Tough On College Students
Editors Note : The writer is a junior journalism major at SUNY Oswego. She has written this article in partial fulfillment of the requirements of an Investigative Reporting class taught by Bruce Frassinelli.

KEES program helps Kentucky students earn money for college
Kentucky students can earn money for college through the Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship (KEES) program. The KEES program rewards students for making good grades in high school and doing well on the ACT or SAT.