Free hotline offers career and education answers
Phone resource assists Kansas students, families
INDIANAPOLIS — USA Funds®, the education-loan guarantor for Kansas, announces that students and parents in Kansas now can call a toll-free telephone hotline for answers to their questions about career and education options. USA Funds Career and Education Hotline for Kansas provides access to information about hundreds of careers, postsecondary institutions in Kansas and across the country, college majors, training programs and financial aid.
By calling the toll-free hotline — (866) 897-8111 — Kansas students and parents can get answers to questions such as the following:
- What programs does a particular university offer?
- Which colleges and universities offer a specific major?
- What types of financial aid are available for postsecondary studies?
- What are the typical earnings for a specific occupation?
- How does a student sign up to take college-admissions tests?
Trained information specialists staff the free, statewide hotline from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. Students and parents also can leave voice messages for the hotline 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
USA Funds sponsors the hotline as part of its nonprofit mission in support of education access and its service to Kansas.
"Our customers in Kansas have asked for a service that provides one-stop shopping for college and career information," said Valerie Walthall, USA Funds' Kansas customer- relations manager. "USA Funds is pleased to offer this service to help Kansas students plan and prepare for life beyond high school."