MAFAA Loan Issues Committee
The MAFAA Loan Issues Committee held a workshop on February 14, 2007. the following documents were presented at the workshop.
- Agenda
(pdf)
- How
Much Is Too Much? Presented by: Sandy Baum, Senior Policy
Analyst, College Board, and Professor of Economics, Skidmore College
(PowerPoint)
- What Would
You Do? A presentation of case studies and discussion of
the practical and ethical challenges we face when talking with students
and parents about financing. (PowerPoint)
- What's the
Best? A complete comparison of the various forms of unsubsidized
financing available for families today: PLUS vs. home equity vs. alternative
loans vs. SELF Loans. (PowerPoint)
- What's Your Score?
Understanding your credit score and how to decipher a credit report
for you and your students. (PowerPoint)
- How Can I Make Them Understand? Examples of how to demonstrate the cost of borrowing, and hands-on tools you can use to help students and their families "get it." (PowerPoint)
For Committee Members Only:
Loan Issues Meeting Minutes