School training resources
Below are recorded training sessions to help you communicate information and resources to your students and families. Please click on the links below to listen to these training sessions and readthe presentations. Note: Ensure your audio setting is at a comfortable listening level.
Credit, financial literacy, and repayment
Repayment strategies for medical students (spring 2009)
An interactive overview of repayment options for medical student borrowers, including repayment timelines, and the long-term benefits of prioritizing repayment goals and strategies. Includes tools and practical, straightforward advice with a focus on federal repayment options (standard, income-sensitive, extended, graduated, and income-based repayment) as well as private student loan repayment.
Repayment strategies for graduate students (spring 2009)
An interactive overview of repayment options for graduate student borrowers. Includes tips on debt management, locating details on your loans, understanding interest rates, and deferment and forbearance options. Provides tools and practical, straightforward advice with a focus on federal repayment options (standard, income-sensitive, extended, graduated, and income-based repayment) as well as private student loan repayment.
Saving, planning, and paying for college
Today’s economy and your campus: A new private student loan solution (spring 2009)
Statistical data supporting the growing concerns over student credit, debt, and spending, followed by an introduction to the Sallie Mae Smart Option Student LoanSM.
Sources include the College Board's “Trends in College Pricing,” the College Board's “Trends in Student Aid,“ "How Undergraduate Students Use Credit Cards: Sallie Mae's National Study of Usage Rates and Trends, 2009," and the Sallie Mae’s study, "How America Pays for College."