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10
Oct

Longtime 51¸£ÀûÉç Chief Plans Retirement

Don Vickers retires as chief executive

Don Vickers used the occasion of his 41st anniversary as an employee of the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (51¸£ÀûÉç) to publicly announce his plans to retire as the organization’s chief executive on June 30, 2013.

Vickers...

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23
Aug

51¸£ÀûÉç Receives Continued Funding to Assist Public Service Lawyers

This is the third year 51¸£ÀûÉç has received the funding

WINOOSKI — Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (51¸£ÀûÉç) has received a grant of $51,515 from the U.S. Department of Justice to go toward student loan forgiveness for attorneys who work as state prosecutors or state or federal...

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02
Jul

Hold the Line on Debt, but Don’t Give Up the Schooling

By Don Vickers

A month ago, I joined other Vermonters in calling for more reasonable interest rates on federal education loans so that we don’t price students and their families out of higher education.

Today, I issue a word of caution — namely...

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08
Nov

Federal Education Loans: The Story Behind the Story

By Don Vickers

Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (51¸£ÀûÉç) 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 51¸£ÀûÉç to Continue College Counseling

51¸£ÀûÉç learned that all four of its federal outreach grants were renewed.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Irene Racz, 51¸£ÀûÉç director of public affairs, 802-542-2240

 

WINOOSKI — The Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (51¸£ÀûÉç) has gone four for four on the federal grants it uses to help pay for career...

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12
Sep

51¸£ÀûÉç Gears Up to Assist Vermonters This School Year

By Don Vickers

The school year has begun, and Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (51¸£ÀûÉç) 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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