Debt-Management Perspectives

USA Funds Recognizes Three Schools for Debt-Management Excellence
USA Funds^® has announced the three recipients of its 2007 Excellence in Debt Management Awards. Read more.

USA Funds Debt Manager How-To: Contacting Borrower References
A recent enhancement to USA Funds Debt Manager^® allows schools to perform outreach to borrowers who do not have updated addresses or phone numbers on file, by providing schools with a means to make contact with borrower references. Learn more.

Washington Report

Senate Panel Approves Reauthorization, Reconciliation Legislation
The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions has approved two measures reauthorizing federal student-aid programs and shifting billions of dollars from the Federal Family Education Loan Program to other programs. Learn more.

USA Funds Update

USA Funds Early Awareness Program Focuses on Latino students
USA Funds will soon release an early awareness curriculum designed to provide Latino students and their families more-complete information about the value of a postsecondary education, the education options available to them, and the availability of financial aid. Read more.

USA Funds Provides Preview of NASFAA-Conference Plans
During the July 8-11, 2007, conference of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators in Washington, D.C., USA Funds will highlight the ways that it helps financial-aid professionals “build futures” for students. Read more.

Access to Education

Indiana’s Colleges and Universities Viewed as High-Quality
A recent survey conducted on behalf of the Indiana Commission for Higher
Education with support from USA Funds finds that Indiana residents give generally high marks to their four-year public colleges and universities. Read more.