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FREE Webinar - Understanding Student Loans

When scholarships and grants aren't enough to cover the costs of attending college, it may be necessary to seek out student loans. During this webinar, Student Choice's College Access Counselor will share information about Federal and private student loans, interest rates and terms, how to apply, and how to track your loans. Read More

Trump to Cut Fed Aid for College Loans, CUs Have Solution

President Trump is planning massive cuts to programs that have helped millions of Americans get affordable college loans, and plans to eliminate a program that offers limited debt forgiveness for some people who go to work for nonprofits. However, credit unions might help ease the impact through expansion of private loan and refinance programs, a student loan CUSO official said. Read More

The New “Rs” In Education Finance

What are the key factors that credit unions must consider when implementing a private student lending program or managing an existing one? Find out in this article! Read More

Free College Planning Webinar – Deciphering Award Letters

Student Choice is committed to providing borrowers and the general public with helpful, educational tools to better understand the financial aid process. As part of that commitment, we offer a quarterly webinar series, led by our College Access Counselor. These webinars are free and available to anyone who would like to attend; to date, hundreds of attendees nationwide have benefited from the presentations. Join us in March! Read More

Credit Unions Are Providing Responsible Student Loan Options

Student Choice continues to make strides to empower credit unions to provide responsible lending solutions to members. Investing in a member’s future is important, but doing it responsibly is paramount to us and our credit union partners. Take a look at our new infographic - The State of Student Lending: Read More

The Time Is Right For Student Loan Refinance And Repayment Assistance

To attract and retain millennials, companies across the country (including a handful of credit unions) are expanding their employee benefit programs to include student loan refinance options and repayment assistance. With more than 40 million Americans having some level of student loan debt, this should come as no surprise. Read more about the hottest employee benefit of 2017. Read More

Dec 15, 2016 07:52 AM

Millennials In Focus

What recent college grads told us about student debt, what they needed at age 18, and how they chose their bank or credit union. Read More

Lend Your Voice is Back for 2016

Building on the success of the first round of Lend Your Voice, Student Choice is launching the program again this fall to collect even more stories. Borrowers and co-borrowers of a current or past Credit Union Student Choice private student loan can submit their photos and stories now, find out how. Read More

Changes Come to the FAFSA This Month

You can now submit your FAFSA beginning October 1st of the prior school year. This means if you are attending college for the 2017-18 academic year (as a freshman or returning student), you can submit your FAFSA now! Read More

Second “Empower U” Conference Focuses on Serving Young Adults, Brings Together More Than Forty Credit Unions

Credit Union Student Choice, the foremost provider of higher education financing solutions to America’s credit unions, hosted its second Empower U Summit Sept. 28 & 29 at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. More than 60 credit union representatives from 42 credit unions nationwide learned from expert speakers about the current climate of student lending and how to connect with millennials. Read More

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