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Access a wide range of products and educational research materials to assist you and your students.
White Papers
College Affordability: Growth of an American Dilemma – April 2009
Overview: American families are finding it more difficult to pay for college. This paper discusses four main factors of that challenge. Research on how Iowa families paid for college in the fall of 2008 is also compared to a national study.
Newsletters
The Iowa Student Loan Insights newsletter is a publication designed for you. Published on a regular basis, it provides you with timely, informative articles relating to Iowa Student Loan products and services. It also contains important information regarding updates and happenings in the financial aid world. Special research editions feature topics relevant to your work as a financial aid professional.
Insights Newsletter Archive
Read previously published editions of Iowa Student Loan Insights.
| 2010 |
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| Topics
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| June (PDF) |
- Iowa Alliance Loan Continues to Serve Students
- Credit Union Loan Programs Benefit Students
- Ten Reasons to Offer In-Person Federal Loan Counseling
- One URL Offers Private Loan Options and Information
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| January (PDF) |
- Creating the New Partnership Loan for 2010
- Training Sessions Launch New Partnership Program
- New Title X Requirements Go Into Effect
- New Fliers Promote Responsible Repayment
- Providing 1,500 Loan Forgiveness Awards
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| 2009 |
| Edition
| Topics
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| October (PDF) |
- Iowa Alliance Loan Reallocation Deadline
- Qualifying for the Income-Based Repayment Plan
- Entrance and Exit Materials Available to Order
- Lenders Step Up for Iowa's College Students
- Something New Online
- PLUS Loan Credit Check Process Change
- Parker Receives MASFAA Regional Leadership Award
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| April (PDF) |
- Iowa Student Loan stays the course in unprecedented economic times
- Update: New payment channel for borrowers
- New website placement for Iowa Student Loan Nursing and Teacher Education Loan Forgiveness Programs
- Exit counseling materials available to order
- Add them up – Iowa Student Loan FFELP serviced lenders cover Iowa
- Iowa Alliance Loan available next year
- Promote financial literacy year round
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| 2008 |
| Edition
| Topics
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| Winter (PDF) |
- Ensuring student loan funding in Iowa
- New payment channel for borrowers
- Update on Iowa Student Loan Nursing and Teacher Education Loan Forgiveness Programs
- Private loan education materials
- Waving the red flag
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| Summer (PDF) |
- During a time of national pride, Iowa's college access efforts are equally gratifying
- Default prevention happenings at Iowa Student Loan
- Iowa Student Loan Armed Forces Interest Rates Reduction Program: One year later
- Iowa Student Loan Nursing and Teacher Education Loan Forgiveness Programs updates
- Enrollment submittal file policy changes
- Iowa Student Loan announces e-bill availability
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| Spring (PDF) |
- Finding solutions to unprecedented challenges
- New state legislation regulating student lending is approved
- Update on Iowa Student Loan Nursing and Teacher Education Loan Forgiveness Programs
- Online Stafford and PLUS MPN now available
- MPN processing tip
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Insights Research Editions Newsletter Archive
Read previously published research editions of Iowa Student Loan Insights.
| 2010 |
| Edition
| Topics
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| March (PDF) |
- Employment Opportunities and Student Loan Debt Burden
- How Much Debt Is Too Much?
- Student Loan Delinquency and Defaults
- Research Tips: Probability Sampling
- Review: Lowering Student Loan Default Rates
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| 2009 |
| Edition
| Topics
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| Fall (PDF) |
- Effects of the Economy on the Admission Process
- How American Pays for College — 2009
- How Iowans Paid for College — Fall 2009
- Research Tips: Small Multiples and Maps
- Funding and Access Issues at Community Colleges
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| Summer (PDF) |
- 2009 National Freshman Attitudes Report
- NCES QuickStats
- Financial literacy landscape at Iowa colleges and universities
- Writing good survey questions
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| Winter (PDF) |
- High expectations and high support – The 2008 National Community College Survey of Student Engagement
- Promise lost: College-qualified students who do not enroll in college
- Student aversion to borrowing: Who borrows and who doesn't
- Paying for college – fall 2008
- To TEACH or not to teach: That is the (potentially expensive) question
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| Winter – CDR Special (PDF) |
- Cohort default rate changes
- Effects of the cohort default rate changes
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| 2008 |
| Edition
| Topics
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| Fall (PDF) |
- The cohort default rate database
- High school and college students lack personal finance knowledge
- The Iowa Student Loan Nursing and Teacher Education Loan Forgiveness Programs – are they achieving their goals?
- Beyond access: College success for low-income, first-generation students
- How America pays for college
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| Summer (PDF) |
- False implications that are plausible
- College participation rates for students from low-income families by state FY1993 to FY2006
- What do student loan borrowers in Iowa think about their student debt?
- The states and their community colleges
- Noel-Levitz data reports
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| Winter (PDF) |
- Understand definitions when reading statistics
- The College Board Trends reports
- Use caution when presenting an average that covers disparate groups
- Increasing proportion of students utilizing additional unsubsidized Stafford Loans
- Cohort default rate: Beware of averages that don't reflect reality
- Differential characteristics of 2-year postsecondary institutions
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