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The Family Table: A Graduate/Professional Roundtable Discussion

The Family Table: A Graduate/Professional Roundtable Discussion. Hosted by Susan Bogart Director of Financial Aid Penn State University Dickinson School of Law. Farewell Interest Subsidy.

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The Family Table: A Graduate/Professional Roundtable Discussion

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  1. The Family Table:A Graduate/ProfessionalRoundtable Discussion Hosted by Susan Bogart Director of Financial Aid Penn State University Dickinson School of Law

  2. Farewell Interest Subsidy • Starting with Direct Stafford Loans disbursing after July 1, 2012, there is no more interest subsidy for graduate students. • How much more will it cost your students? • How will your computer system handle the change? • How will you tell/have you told your students?

  3. The unexpected good stuff • Verification: Sometimes optional! • Still necessary if selected and awarded work study or Perkins.

  4. Even if it doesn’t apply to you… • You still have to do the “right thing.” • If you have no gainful employment programs, you must report that you have no gainful employment programs.

  5. We’re Having This AGAIN?!?!? • New SAP requirements • Concerned about repeating courses? • Checking every semester now? Or not?

  6. Grants, Scholarships and Assistantships • Is it getting harder to attract quality students without gift money? • How do we make sure need-based gift money goes to neediest students?

  7. Increases to Cost of Attendance • When is enough enough? • What is allowable? • What is not allowable? • How do you say no to the student who requests too much? • Any other PJ issues?

  8. Has the Cost Become Too Much? • Costs have risen rapidly over the last decade or two. • Is graduate school no longer worth the cost? • Are we in a tuition “bubble?”

  9. IBR/Public Service Loan Forgiveness • How do you tell your students about these programs? • What have you heard back from alumni pursuing IBR? • Have you changed Loan Repayment Assistance Programs to accommodate IBR and PSLF? • How do you handle students who want to know the procedure to apply for PSLF?

  10. Cleaning Up • How do you do exit counseling? • In person? • Online? • Any follow-up after graduation? • Podcasts? • YouTube videos? • Repayment/financial literacy education during enrollment?

  11. Dining at Occupy Wall Street

  12. OWS=Student Debt Protest • Many of the OWS protesters are citing student loan debt as a major issue. • Protesters are asking for student debt forgiveness. • Average loan debt is now larger than ever before. • Our students are VERY aware of this protest.

  13. Anything We Missed? • What else would you like to discuss?

  14. Want to talk more? If you’d like to discuss later: Susan Bogart sab36@psu.edu

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