USA Funds Update

USA Funds Assists Maryland Higher Education Commission in Outreach Efforts
For the second year, the Maryland Higher Education Commission will publish a 16-month calendar to assist with planning for college. USA Funds^® has awarded a grant to assist the commission in developing the calendar and to translate several of MHEC’s college-planning guides into Spanish. Read more.

Scholarships Supported by USA Funds Assist Outstanding Indiana Minority Students
Ten Indiana students are starting their first year of college this fall with a little less worry about how they will pay for their higher education, thanks to Sen. Richard Lugar’s Fund for Hoosier Excellence. USA Funds supports this program that provides scholarships to outstanding African-American, Native-American and Hispanic high-school seniors from across Indiana. Learn more.

USA Funds Lists Top-100 Lenders
USA Funds lists the top-100 lenders of USA Funds-guaranteed loans for July 2007. Read the list.

Tech Talk

USA Funds Loan Counselor Tip: Creating Custom Links
USA Funds Student Loan Transition Guide^SM, the online exit-counseling tool for undergraduate students, offers schools the option to create custom links within the loan-counseling-completion page. USA Funds Student Loan Transition Guide is the latest module in the USA Funds Loan Counselor^SM suite of custom counseling products. Learn more.