ERIC Number: ED579872
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Sep
Pages: 30
Abstractor: ERIC
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Above and Beyond: What Eight Colleges Are Doing to Improve Student Loan Counseling. Research Report
Fletcher, Carla; Webster, Jeff; Klepfer, Kasey; Fernandez, Chris
TG (Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation)
Borrowing student loans can be confusing and intimidating, enough so that these feelings can influence how students go to college or whether they even enroll at all. Colleges have a responsibility to provide loan counseling to federal student loan borrowers--which, when done intently, can produce a potentially clarifying and empowering experience. The schools highlighted in this report (the fourth in a series of five from TG Research) have chosen to make extra efforts to make loan counseling more meaningful and effective: (1) Baldwin Wallace University; (2) Broward College; (3) El Paso Community College; (4) Northern Virginia Community College; (5) Ohio State University--Main Campus; (6) SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry; (7) University of South Florida--Main Campus; and (8) Western Technical College. [For the related reports, "Informed or Overwhelmed? A Legislative History of Student Loan Counseling with a Literature Review on the Efficacy of Loan Counseling," see ED579985; "From Passive to Proactive: Understanding and Improving the Borrower Experience with Online Student Loan Exit Counseling. Research Report," see ED579880; "A Time to Every Purpose: Understanding and Improving the Borrower Experience with Online Student Loan Entrance Counseling. Research Report," see ED579881; and "Effective Counseling, Empowered Borrowers: An Evidence-Based Policy Agenda for Informed Student Loan Borrowing and Repayment. Research Report," see ED579879.]
Descriptors: Student Loan Programs, Colleges, School Counseling, Program Improvement, Professional Development, Holistic Approach, Marketing, Peer Influence, Data Analysis, Resource Allocation, Interdisciplinary Approach, Paying for College, Statistical Analysis, Surveys, Student Financial Aid, Interviews
TG (Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation). PO Box 83100, Round Rock, TX 78683. Tel: 800-252-9743; Tel: 512-219-5700; Web site: http://www.tgslc.org
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: TG (Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation)
Identifiers - Location: Ohio; New York (Syracuse); Virginia; Florida; Texas (El Paso)
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