Statewide sessions during "Financial Literacy Week" will enhance money management skills of students.
(March 17, 2008) Throughout the week of March 31 through April 4, on college campuses throughout Nebraska, NSLP's Accredited Financial Counselors will deliver financial education seminars to college students as part of "Nebraska Financial Literacy Week."
"College students need to be able to identify and manage realistic financial goals," says Sharon Cabeen, NSLP's Vice President of Financial Literacy. "They have to be adept money managers to be sure they budget properly, don't get overextended on credit and debt, and that they can repay their obligations, including their student loans."
NSLP and the Nebraska Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NeASFAA) are joining forces to provide college students at eight campuses across the state with vital information and tools they need to make sound financial decisions. Throughout the week students, as well as others on campus, will be able to attend seminars on a variety of topics such as budgeting, wise use of credit cards, identity theft, money management, student loan repayment options, and financing education.
Students will also be able to use NSLP's Financial Literacy Online (www.nslpflonline.org), a free program which offers six, basic personal finance courses that students may complete at their convenience. Course topics include budgeting, credit, credit history, identity theft, financing education and contracts. Students who complete courses are eligible to win scholarships to help pay for education expenses.
The goal of "Nebraska Financial Literacy Week" is to enhance the money management skills of college students and to raise public awareness about the importance of a sound financial education for young adults. NSLP and NeASFAA are coordinating this event because it's important to provide college students with the knowledge and skills they need to be successful in life, including providing them with information they need to make good financial decisions that will help them achieve their dreams.
For more information about NSLP, visit www.nslp.org.
Headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska, the National Student Loan Program is a private, nonprofit corporation with over 20 years of experience as a student loan guaranty agency. NSLP works with lenders and post-secondary schools across the nation to help students gain access to low-cost student loans. With annual loan guarantees of over $2.6 billion, NSLP is one of the nation's major guaranty agencies and continues to serve as the designated guaranty agency for Nebraska.
NeASFAA is an organization of university, college and institutional financial aid administrators, lenders, guarantors, secondary markets, servicers and other organizations that provide student financial aid in Nebraska.
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