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Our Take on Aven’s New Traditional HELOC Product
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Our Take on Aven’s New Traditional HELOC Product

HELOC Offers lowest rate guarantee Optional debt protection program through Securian Approval in as little as 15 minutes Excellent customer reviews from more...

Everything Borrowers Need to Know in 2024
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Everything Borrowers Need to Know in 2024

Student loan servicer Mobile app available Profits flow back to nonprofit lender Poor customer service reviews E-statements not offered for cosigners No weekend...

Public Service Loan Forgiveness: What It Is and How It Works
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Public Service Loan Forgiveness: What It Is and How It Works

If you’re dreaming about working in government or a nonprofit and worried about student loans, you’re in the right place. Public Service Loan...

Beyond the Cap and Gown: UC’s Narrowing but Persistent Inequities in Student Debt
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Beyond the Cap and Gown: UC’s Narrowing but Persistent Inequities in Student Debt

Five years after our 2019 analysis of student borrowing rates across the University of California (UC) system, TICAS partnered with the University of...

Everything Borrowers Need to Know in 2024
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Everything Borrowers Need to Know in 2024

If you borrow federal student loans, your loans will eventually get assigned to a student loan servicer. Aidvantage is one of seven such...

How the College Cost Reduction Act Could Threaten the Teacher Pipeline
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How the College Cost Reduction Act Could Threaten the Teacher Pipeline

In January 2024, House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) introduced the College Cost Reduction Act (CCRA) (H.R.6951), which proposes...

Letter Requesting Extension of Borrower Protections in Light of SAVE Litigation
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Letter Requesting Extension of Borrower Protections in Light of SAVE Litigation

This group letter urges the Education Department to take action to protect federal student loan borrowers from harm caused by the SAVE litigation’s...

Missouri HELOC Rates and Lenders
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Missouri HELOC Rates and Lenders

A home equity line of credit or HELOC allows you to tap into cash by borrowing against your home’s value. It’s a flexible...

TICAS Comments to ED in Support of Proposed Rules on R2T4, TRIO, and Distance Ed
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TICAS Comments to ED in Support of Proposed Rules on R2T4, TRIO, and Distance Ed

On August 23, 2024, TICAS submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Education in support of proposed rules for distance education, return of...

Addressing the Need for Non-Tuition Cost Assistance for Students in Michigan
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Addressing the Need for Non-Tuition Cost Assistance for Students in Michigan

This year, the TICAS Michigan Student Advocacy Fellows focused their advocacy on expanding resources for students to cover rising non-tuition costs associated with...