VSAC offers college essay, financial aid presentations online
Paying for College, available at www.vsaccollegepays.org, describes the types of financial aid available to students, the schedule and process for applying for aid, how the family contribution is calculated, and more. The material in this presentation is condensed from the content offered at live sessions VSAC hosts every fall at high schools throughout Vermont.
VSAC offers $22 million in private student loans this year
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Irene Racz, director of public affairs, 802-542-2240 VSAC Offers Competitively Priced Private Student Loan for 2010-11 WINOOSKI — The Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC) will offer about $22 million in private student loans for the 2010-11 academic year. For many years, VSAC offered both federal education loans for students and parents [...]
Racz: Education loan reform entwined with health care legislation
We remain concerned that neither bill has done enough to address high interest rates charged on federal student and parent loans.
Vermont Senate tables special exemption for anonymous donors
Shumlin: “We listened to concerns that it was limiting public access to information when we need to keep Vermont as transparent as possible.”
Private gifts, public trust: Records law at center of press-gown kerfuffle
Corredera says that without a shield law for anonymous donors, UVM can’t compete with other schools for contributions.
230 + 1: Latest infringement of public’s right to know benefits private donors
Why do people with money need special treatment? Since when is putting a pricetag on transparency a part of the democratic process?
