USA Funds Update

USA Funds University Adds Three Courses for Financial-Aid Directors
USA Funds^® has added three new courses to its online-learning curriculum. The courses help directors in financial-aid offices hone their skills in the policies and procedures of administering student loans. Read more.

USA Funds Staff Profile: A Commitment to Higher-Education Access
USA Funds Customer-Relations Manager Vicky Keller’s personal experience as a nontraditional student searching for a way to pay for college ignited a passion for spreading the word about the importance of financial aid. Read more.

Debt-Management Perspectives

Debt-Management Tip: A Different Kind of Financial-Aid-Awareness Event
Southeastern Bible College spreads the word about financial aid and debt management during a special week each February — and the message goes to standing-room-only crowds who’ve shown they’re taking the information to heart. Learn more.

Operations Bulletin

Department Announces Corrected Loan-Consolidation Forms
The U.S. Department of Education released corrected consolidation-loan forms in Dear Colleague Letter FP-07-04. The letter outlines several minor errors in the consolidation-loan forms originally released on March 12, 2007. USA Funds has posted the revised Federal Consolidation Loan Application and Promissory Note, the Additional Loan Listing Sheet, the Request to Add Loans to a Federal Consolidation Loan and the Federal Consolidation Loan Verification Certificate. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print the forms.

Special-Allowance Rates Announced for Quarter Ending March 31, 2007
The U.S. Department of Education has published Special-Allowance Rates for the quarter ending March 31, 2007.