Tech Talk

Enhancements to Borrower Debt Management Information Service Available Oct. 24
The Borrower Debt Management Information Service, which helps borrowers keep track of their student-loan indebtedness, will offer schools two enhancements effective later this month. Read more.

OpenNet Lender-Approval Queue Offers Lenders More Control
An OpenNet Web Loan Delivery feature available Oct. 24 will allow USA Funds^®’ lender-customers that disburse their own loans to view, approve or reject their school-customers’ loan-change requests. Learn more.

Meteor Offers Support to Schools Serving Students Displaced by Hurricanes
Meteor can help schools track financial-aid awards to students displaced by the recent hurricanes. Read more.

USA Funds Update

E-Learning Program Provides College-Prep Courses to Mississippi Delta Students
USA Funds provided a $50,000 grant to the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning to partner with Delta State University on its e-learning-center project. The center aims to allow school districts in the Mississippi Delta to offer selected college-preparatory subjects that those schools otherwise could not provide. Learn more.

Profiles in Superior Customer Service: Helping Borrowers Find Repayment Solutions
Default-Prevention Specialist John Ledford’s efforts that put a borrower back on the path to successful repayment recently earned him a USA Funds “There for You” award. Read more about his outstanding customer service.

Debt-Management Perspectives

Updated USA Funds Life Skills Student-Activity CD, Trainer’s Video Available
Redesigned versions of USA Funds Life Skills^®’ student-activity CD and trainer’s video for undergraduates now are available. The updates are part of a redesign of materials for the first five modules of USA Funds’ financial-literacy program for college students. Read more.

Operations Bulletin

Special-Allowance Rates Announced for Quarter Ending Sept. 30, 2005
The U.S. Department of Education has published Special-Allowance Rates for the quarter ending Sept. 30, 2005. You’ll need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the latest rates.