Debt-Management Perspectives

USA Funds Debt Manager Helping Rust College Cut Its Default Rate
Rust College has turned to USA Funds Debt Manager^® as part of an effort to reduce the school’s cohort-default rate — and draft numbers for the 2005 cohort show that work is paying off. Read more.

Tech Talk

USA Funds Loan Counselor Enhancements Improve Efficiency and Work Flow
Beginning April 23, USA Funds Loan Counselor^SM, USA Funds^®’ suite of online loan-counseling services, and OpenNet, one of the loan-delivery systems supported by USA Funds, will communicate and operate together more seamlessly. Read more.

USA Funds Update

USA Funds Releases Guide to Student Loan Issues
USA Funds has released an updated edition of its Guide to Student Loan Issues, a briefing paper on the critical trends and policy issues surrounding federal student-loan programs. Learn more.

USA Funds University Explains Consumer-Information Requirements
Each year schools participating in Title-IV programs are required to disclose specific information and reports to current and prospective students and staff, the U.S. Department of Education and the public. USA Funds University notes the type of financial-aid facts that schools should include in that information. Read more.

Access to Education

USA Funds-Backed Research Featured in U.S. Senate Committee Hearing
A recent U.S. Senate-committee hearing on tribal colleges and universities featured information from a research report funded by USA Funds. Learn more.