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2011

08
Nov

Federal Education Loans: The Story Behind the Story

By Don Vickers

Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC) spent many years providing education loans to Vermont students and parents through the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP). We stopped making federal loans in July 2010 when...

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12
Oct

Federal Grants Enable VSAC to Continue College Counseling

VSAC learned that all four of its federal outreach grants were renewed.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Irene Racz, VSAC director of public affairs, 802-542-2240

 

WINOOSKI — The Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC) has gone four for four on the federal grants it uses to help pay for career...

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12
Sep

VSAC Gears Up to Assist Vermonters This School Year

By Don Vickers

The school year has begun, and Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC) is once again available to provide statewide services to families, new or continuing college students, and adult learners.

Saving for College

September is...

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02
Sep

VSAC Offers Payment Relief for Borrowers Affected by Irene

Up to 90 days to borrowers

The Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC) will offer forbearances of up to 90 days to borrowers who have federal or private education loans with VSAC and will have trouble keeping up with their payments as a result of the...

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11
Jul

VSAC Receives Funding to Continue College Access Program

One of four federal grants VSAC received

WINOOSKI — One of four federal grants VSAC receives to help low-income Vermonters prepare for higher education has been renewed.

VSAC — the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation — received word late last week that its federal...

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20
Apr

Expert on Student Success Advises VT Educators and Parents

An award-winning researcher has identified six types of involvement that contribute to student success

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(Contact: Irene Racz, VSAC director of public affairs, 802-542-2240)

 

Dr. Joyce Epstein, director of the Center on School, Family and Community Partnerships at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, urged...

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