New IBR Video -- Ditch Your Debt Gremlin

Information on Income-Based Repayment (IBR) now comes in cartoon form! Check out our first-ever video, "Ditch Your Debt Gremlin," a two-minute animated introduction to IBR. We hope you like it, and that you post it to your Facebook page, email it to everyone you know, link to it from your blog, etc to help get the word out about IBR.

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Important Student Loan Changes July 1, 2009

The first of July is an important date for people with federal student loans: it's when interest rates and other terms change each year. On July 1, 2009, in addition to Income-Based Repayment (IBR) becoming available, Pell grants are getting bigger, and the interest rates on new Subsidized Stafford loans and existing variable-rate loans are going down. You may be able to lock in rates as low as 1.88% by consolidating variable-rate loans after July 1. 

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How to switch to the Direct Loan program

If your federal loans are in the Guaranteed (FFEL) program — where your lender is a private entity like Sallie Mae or Citibank — you can consolidate into the Direct Loan program to qualify for Public Service Loan Forgiveness. Even if you have already consolidated your loans in the FFEL program, you may re-consolidate into the Direct Loan program to take advantage of this program.

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