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July,
2008 |
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-Access Group Conference Features Dynamic Speakers and
Sessions
- Private Loan Processing Update
-How Extended Repayment Benefits Borrowers
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Need Access Can Help You and Your Students
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June,
2008 |
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– Updates:
Postgraduate Loan Funding, Extended Repayment Release Benefit
– Private Loan Processing Q & A
– Exciting Plans Underway for 2008 Conference Program
– Entrance Counseling – We Can Help!
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May,
2008 |
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– Private
Loan Highlights
– Processing CampusDoor Private Loan
– Coming in June! Spring Workshop Webinars
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April
25, 2008 |
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– Special
Access Update Announcing Private Loan Changes
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April,
2008 |
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– Access
Group Announces Changes to Federal Loan Program
– Informative Webinars Scheduled for Spring
– Borrower Education: Help Students Be Wiser Borrowers
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March,
2008 |
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– Access
Group Earns Top ABS Servicer Rating
– School Services Launches Phone Line Upgrade
– New WiseBorrower® Posters Coming Soon!
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February,
2008 |
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– A Message
from Christopher P. Chapman
– Register for an Access Group Spring Workshop
– School Services Pilots Telephone Upgrade
– Access Group’s Exit Counseling Resources
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January,
2008 |
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– Welcome
to Christopher Chapman, Access Group's New President and CEO
– Farewell to Dan Lau, Access Group’s Founding President
and CEO
– New Repayment Benefit for Federal Loan Borrowers
– Exciting News about our Spring Workshops! |
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2007 Archive |
December,
2007 |
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– Exciting
News about Need Access
– Borrower Education
– Technology Track
– Our Reference Guide Now Online |
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November,
2007 |
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– Higher
Limits on Access Group Postgraduate Loans
– New! PLUS Loan Pre-Approval Process
– A Stronger Team Serving our Schools
– Learn about “Loan Talk” |
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October,
2007 |
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– Take Our
Access Update Survey
– Access Group Revises Borrower Benefits
– Conference 2007: More Good Reasons to Register
– Meet Your School Services Team
– Have You Considered Need Access® ? |
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September,
2007 |
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– Dan Lau
Announces Plan to Retire
– 2007 Conference Registration Reminder
– Coming Soon: More Borrower Information Security
– School Services Spotlight
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August,
2007 |
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– Register
Today for Access Group’s 2007 Conference
– Exciting News about our 2007 Conference!
– New Structure Strengthens Customer Support and Service
– School Services Welcomes New Staff
– Borrower Education: Webcasts and Printed Materials
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July,
2007 |
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– Exciting
news about Need Access®
– Need Access free for all students (as of December 1, 2007)
– NASFAA honors William Bennett
– School Services Spotlight |
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June,
2007 |
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– Access Group’s
2007 Conference
– New Materials or 2007-2008
– Consolidation Corner: New FAQs!
– Pilot Program Helps Borrowers
– Highlights of Customer Satisfaction Survey
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May,
2007 |
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– Read about
our technology upgrades!
–Introducing the new eAccess!
–School Services welcomes eFax
–New loan processing additions
–Certifying the new Stafford Loan limits |
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April,
2007 |
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– New! Online
application enhancement
– Access Group introduces advanced
online security
– Stafford Loan update
– Consolidation
Corner: Should they consolidate?
– New members of the
school services team |
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March,
2007 |
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– Access Group
Listed as Top Originator of Grad PLUS Loans for 2006!
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Technology Track
– 2007-2008 Need Access® News
– 2007 Conference Planning Committee
– School Services
Spotlight |
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February,
2007 |
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– See what our
2007 workshops have to offer!
– Technology track
– Reminder memos
– School Services Spotlight |
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January,
2007 |
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– Getting ready
for 2007-2008
– Blanket guarantee coming soon
–
Consolidation Corner: Why students should think twice
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Access Group can help students become wiser borrowers |
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2006 Archive |
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December,
2006 |
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– Conference 2006
Follow-Up
– Conference 2006 Industry Update: Federal Loan
Consolidation
– PLUS Loan Processing Reminder
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Survey Says You’re # 1 with Students
– School Services
Spotlight |
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November,
2006 |
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– Meet Your School
Services Team
– Consolidation Corner
– Borrower
Forms Now Easier to Download
– Access Group Participates
in “Live Talk” on Newsweek.com |
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October,
2006 |
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– A borrower education
resource: Access Group’s WiseBorrower® Handout Series
– Borrowers have a streamlined process for optional interest
payments
– Looking ahead to our 2006 Conference
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School Services welcomes new staff
– In the School Services
Spotlight: Jonathan Dela Cruz |
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September,
2006 |
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– Don’t wait!
Conference space is limited
– Loan processing updates
– Borrower education materials for your students
–
School Services Spotlight |
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August,
2006 |
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– Registration
is open for our 2006 Conference
– Now available! The new
Quick Reference Guide
– Online payment option proves popular
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July,
2006 |
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– Now processing
and disbursing PLUS Loans
– The new features and look of
AccessGroup.Org
– Conference 2006 registration opens soon!
– Consolidation Corner
– School Services Spotlight |
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June,
2006 |
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– Access Group
at NASFAA 2006
– Variable Stafford Loan interest rates to rise
– Consolidation Corner
– What’s new at AccessGroup.Org?
– School Services welcomes new staff |
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May,
2006 |
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– Ready for the
new processing year
– Workshot recap: Capitalization
of federal loans
– Consolidation Corner
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Update on Conference 2006
– School Services Spotlight
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April,
2006 |
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– Access Group
to pay guarantor fees in 2006-2007
– We're now accepting
Federal PLUS Loan applications
– Registration fees set
for our 2006 conference
– Consolidation Corner: Help
your students be "in the know"
– Use our borrower
education tools |
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March,
2006 |
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– Access Group
to offer federal PLUS loans for graduate education
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Big news about our postgraduate loans
– Register for
our spring workshops
– Use our tools for exit counseling
– Consolidation Corner |
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February,
2006 |
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– Access Group
to offer federal PLUS loans for graduate education
– Big news about our postgraduate loans
– Register for our spring workshops
– Use our tools for exit counseling
– Consolidation Corner |
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January,
2006 |
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– News about the Deficit
Reduction Act of 2005
– Coming soon: Access Group spring workshops
– Need Access 2006-2007
– Consolidation Corner |
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| December, 2005 |
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– Access Group Holiday Closing
– Conference 2005 Wrap-Up
– Technology Update
– Consolidation Corner |
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| November, 2005 |
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– Meet Your School Services Team
– Coming Soon: Enhancements to CommonLine
– Big Hearts, Helping Hands |
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| October, 2005 |
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– Conference Update
– Our Support for Hurricane Victims
– Consolidation Corner
– Borrower Education
– School Services Spotlight |
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| September, 2005 |
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– For victims of Hurricane Katrina
– Conference 2005:
– Go to the Consolidation Corner for FAQs
– School Services Spotlight on Jennifer Trauman |
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| August, 2005 |
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– Get Ready to Register for Conference 2005!
– Meeting the Consolidation Challenge
– Read more at Consolidation Corner
– Put the WiseBorrower Tutorials to Work
– School Services Spotlight |
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| July, 2005 |
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– Processing news
– Consolidation Corner
– Meet our new CFO
– School Services Spotlight |
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June, 2005
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– New place, new face for Access Group
– See Access Group at NASFAA 2005
– Enhancements to eAccess coming soon
– 2005 Conference: Access Group is pleased to introduce... |
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May, 2005
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– Ready to process no-fee loans!
– Access Group is moving …
– Be our guests
– Meet our new Chief Information Officer
– Consolidation Corner: our “rate lock promise”
– School Services Spotlight: Rick Medley |
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| April, 2005 |
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– Registration fees announced for Access Group’s 2005 Graduate and Professional Financial Aid Conference
– Access Group co-sponsors NASFAA symposium
– LIBOR index for second quarter 2005 |
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| March, 2005 |
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– Get an update on our 2005-2006 no-fee student loans
– Go to Consolidation Corner for information about our pre-application, where rates are headed, materials for your students about consolidation, and the new WiseBorrower Curriculum tutorial on consolidation
– Meet the 2005 Access Group Conference Planning Committee
– Read about Colleen McCabe in the School Services Spotlight |
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| February, 2005 |
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– Our 2005 workshops begin in March -- register today!
– Review our exit counseling resources
– Borrower Education: Get those free credit reports
– School Services Spotlight: William Bennett |
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| January, 2005 |
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– More news about Access Group’s 2005-2006 loan programs
– Our spring workshops are coming!
– Submit a Session Proposal Form for our 2005 conference
– Need Access is underway
– Borrower Education: New calculator for students
– Consolidation Corner: Tools to use
– School Services Spotlight: Jocelyn Allen |
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