Web site helps Arizona families plan and pay for higher education

Arizona Wiredscholar now online

PHOENIX and INDIANAPOLIS — The Arizona Commission for Postsecondary Education, USA Funds^®, the designated guarantor of federal education loans for Arizona, and wiredscholar.com, the foremost online resource for "going-to-college" information, announce the launch of a new Web site to help Arizona residents plan and pay for higher education. Arizona Wiredscholar combines college-planning information specific to Arizona with wiredscholar's comprehensive tools for college preparation and financing.

"Families can visit Arizona Wiredscholar to explore the wide range of higher-education opportunities offered in our state, research career options and learn about student-aid and college-savings programs," said Verna L. Allen, the Commission's executive director.

Arizona Wiredscholar contains step-by-step tutorials on the entire college-planning process, including applying for college, preparing for college and repaying student loans. The site provides access to helpful college-planning tools, including a school-comparison tool, school-affordability analyzer, free online scholarship search, as well as a variety of interactive calculators and checklists.

Visitors to the site also can register to receive through e-mail a free monthly college-planning newsletter.

"Consistent with our nonprofit mission in support of education access and our service to higher education in Arizona, USA Funds is pleased to offer this college-planning resource," said Carl C. Dalstrom, USA Funds president and CEO.

"Through this partnership between the Commission, USA Funds and wiredscholar, this Web site is being provided at no cost to the state or its residents," Allen said.