College can be a risky investment, a point Beth Akers, Manhattan Institute Senior Fellow, makes in her report, “Should College Come with a Money-Back Guarantee?” In a recent Washington Post opinion piece, Akers makes the case for focusing on mitigating the financial risks associated with attending college, rather than reducing cost. Higher education is stuck […]

Ardeo Education Solutions, formerly known as LRAP Association, made the annual Inc. magazine list of fastest-growing private companies in America. Ardeo qualified for the Inc. 5000 list with a growth of 189 percent from 2015 to 2018 – ranking No. 2,123 on its 2019 list. “We have a good team and we are proud of […]

Montreat College (Montreat, NC) is joining a growing group of colleges and universities who are making a powerful promise to future students and families: if a graduate’s income is below $43,000 per year, an innovative new program will help them repay their student (and parent) loans until annual income meets the threshold, or the loans […]

We are proud to announce that MidAmerica Nazarene University (Olathe, KS) will now provide a student (and parent) Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) for all new incoming freshmen and transfer students via the “Pioneer Pledge”. Through the Pioneer Pledge, if a student’s income after graduation is less than $43,000 per year, the program provides financial […]

Whenever we partner with a campus, we like to help them get the word out about the good they are doing for their students and families; good that helps eliminate fear of student loan debt. We do that in some cases by calling students and families for the schools to let them know about the […]

Based in Philippi, West Virginia, Alderson Broaddus University’s LRAP is the first of its kind in that state. The AB Advantage program is offered to all members of the incoming class, which makes it a powerful way for the school to add to their “distinctives”.

With ballooning student debt reaching record highs, some colleges are beginning to step in and help students shoulder some of the loans they took out to cover their tuition. And the availability of this relief is reportedly becoming a draw for prospective students. About 100 institutions of higher education around the U.S. have begun to […]

A commitment by Keystone College to pay the student loans of some graduates has led to greater interest and more applications. The Keystone Commitment Loan Repayment Assistance Program begins with first-time, full-time freshmen starting this fall. The first program of its kind in the region, Keystone graduates working at least 30 hours per week with […]

Keystone College is a small liberal arts school in a rural area outside of the city of Scranton. No part of that preceding sentence screams “high earning potential.” But for graduates of Keystone College, salary might not be the most important consideration when getting a job after graduation. Many students want to go into the […]

Madeleine Barr, AB ’16, is a cofounder of CommonCents, an app that helps college students use spare change to repay their loans. The start-up won the College New Venture Challenge in May. My initial principal loan balance was about $28,000. I didn’t get any correspondence from my loan provider until I was a senior in […]