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Sunday, July 29, 2007

NextStudent’s Commitment to Customer Education Seen in Student Loan Blog

The NextStudent Student Loan Blog celebrates its second anniversary this year, and with the recent political changes in Washington continually propelling the student loan industry to the forefront of political debate, its purpose as an excellent watchdog of student loan news and changes in federal student loan policy is more relevant than ever.
Originally created in December 2005 as an additional educational resource for NextStudent customers interested in how legislation and Department of Education developments affect their college loans and financial aid, the blog’s very first post, titled “Start Applying for Financial Aid as early as Jan. 1,” helped kick off NextStudent’s commitment to technology and the role the Web plays in consumer education and real-time information gathering. NextStudent is a Phoenix-based premier education funding company.
Be In-The-Know About Student Loans
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Student Loan Blog reports on student loan industry changes, as well as changes in policy that affect other areas of student life, including early decisions, “College Decides to Nix Early Binding Admissions,” and sports, “College Sports to Be Taxed?” and on student life. On the following days the blog covers the following topics: Monday, “Student Loan News;” Tuesday, “This Week in Student Loans;” Wednesday, “Student Loan Legislation;” Thursday, “Student Loan Advice;” and Friday, “Campus Life.”
The NextStudent Blog references industry periodicals including the National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs’ (NCHELP), Daily Briefing. The financial aid process in the United States can sometimes become a tangle of changing interest rates, applications and deadlines. However, NextStudent’s Student Loan Blog can help students and parents contextualize certain industry practices because it highlights the federal regulation discussions and changes that make the student loan industry so dynamic.
Families Get More with NextStudent
NextStudent’s personalized service extends beyond the Web experience and into the offline experience as well. Every customer who contacts NextStudent is assigned a personal Education Finance Advisor to walk them through the financial aid process from beginning to end and answer any and/or all questions about financial aid.
Additionally, NextStudent got its start promoting higher education and the search for scholarships and holds steadfast to its roots by offering a free
Scholarship Search Engine that houses more than 42,000 college funding sources for over 2.4 million individually awarded scholarships valued at more than $3.4 billion. NextStudent knows the financial aid process begins with the search for “Free Money” and that scholarship programs help millions of students fund their college education dreams.
NextStudent believes that getting an education is the best investment you can make, and it is dedicated to helping you pursue your education dreams by making college funding simple.

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