Access to Education

Education Secretary Urges Increase in Need-Based Aid, College Accountability
In a speech before the National Press Club, U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings outlined her agenda for the future of higher education. Read more.

USA Funds Update

Twelve Tips Can Help Prevent Identity Theft
Identity theft is a crime in which someone wrongfully obtains and uses another individuals’ personal data for personal or economic gain. USA Funds^® University shares 12 tips to help you and your students avoid becoming identity-theft victims. Read more.

USA Funds Grant Advances Dialogue About Latino Higher-Education Issues
USA Funds recently provided a $10,000 grant to support Alcance, an Indiana Summit on Latinos in Higher Education. Learn more.

Tech Talk

School-Tracking-Lender-Approval Query Helps Schools Manage Loan Transactions
Through its school-tracking-lender-approval query, OpenNet Web Loan Delivery can keep you up to date on the progress of your Web-initiated change transactions. Read more.

Debt-Management Perspectives

Peer Counselors Present USA Funds Life Skills to Purdue Students
During freshman orientation Purdue University students learn about money management from their peers, in student-led presentations based on USA Funds Life Skills. Learn more.

Operations Bulletin

Frequently Asked Question: Borrower Death Prior to Consolidation-Loan Disbursement
USA Funds policy experts address the steps that a lender should take when learning that the borrower of a disbursed Federal Consolidation loan died before the date of disbursement. Read more.