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2008 Issues Contents

July, 2008

 

-Access Group Conference Features Dynamic Speakers and Sessions
- Private Loan Processing Update
-How Extended Repayment Benefits Borrowers
- Need Access Can Help You and Your Students

June, 2008

 

– 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!

May, 2008

 

– Private Loan Highlights
– Processing CampusDoor Private Loan
– Coming in June! Spring Workshop Webinars

April 25, 2008

 

– Special Access Update Announcing Private Loan Changes

April, 2008

 

– Access Group Announces Changes to Federal Loan Program
– Informative Webinars Scheduled for Spring
– Borrower Education: Help Students Be Wiser Borrowers

March, 2008

 

– Access Group Earns Top ABS Servicer Rating
– School Services Launches Phone Line Upgrade
– New WiseBorrower® Posters Coming Soon!

February, 2008

 

– A Message from Christopher P. Chapman
– Register for an Access Group Spring Workshop
– School Services Pilots Telephone Upgrade
– Access Group’s Exit Counseling Resources

January, 2008

 

– 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!


 

2007 Archive

December, 2007

 

– Exciting News about Need Access
– Borrower Education
– Technology Track
– Our Reference Guide Now Online

November, 2007

 

– Higher Limits on Access Group Postgraduate Loans
– New! PLUS Loan Pre-Approval Process
– A Stronger Team Serving our Schools
– Learn about “Loan Talk”

October, 2007

 

– 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® ?

September, 2007

 

– Dan Lau Announces Plan to Retire
– 2007 Conference Registration Reminder
– Coming Soon: More Borrower Information Security
– School Services Spotlight

August, 2007

 

– 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

July, 2007

 

– Exciting news about Need Access®
– Need Access free for all students (as of December 1, 2007)
– NASFAA honors William Bennett
– School Services Spotlight

June, 2007

 

– Access Group’s 2007 Conference
– New Materials or 2007-2008
– Consolidation Corner: New FAQs!
– Pilot Program Helps Borrowers
– Highlights of Customer Satisfaction Survey

May, 2007

 

– Read about our technology upgrades!
–Introducing the new eAccess!
–School Services welcomes eFax
–New loan processing additions
–Certifying the new Stafford Loan limits

April, 2007

  – 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

March, 2007

  – Access Group Listed as Top Originator of Grad PLUS Loans for 2006!
– Technology Track
– 2007-2008 Need Access® News
– 2007 Conference Planning Committee
– School Services Spotlight

February, 2007

  – See what our 2007 workshops have to offer!
– Technology track
– Reminder memos
– School Services Spotlight

January, 2007

  – Getting ready for 2007-2008
– Blanket guarantee coming soon
– Consolidation Corner: Why students should think twice
– Access Group can help students become wiser borrowers

2006 Archive

December, 2006

  – Conference 2006 Follow-Up
– Conference 2006 Industry Update: Federal Loan Consolidation
– PLUS Loan Processing Reminder
– Survey Says You’re # 1 with Students
– School Services Spotlight

November, 2006

  – Meet Your School Services Team
– Consolidation Corner
– Borrower Forms Now Easier to Download
– Access Group Participates in “Live Talk” on Newsweek.com

October, 2006

  – 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
– School Services welcomes new staff
– In the School Services Spotlight: Jonathan Dela Cruz

September, 2006

  – Don’t wait! Conference space is limited
– Loan processing updates
– Borrower education materials for your students
– School Services Spotlight

August, 2006

  – Registration is open for our 2006 Conference
– Now available! The new Quick Reference Guide
– Online payment option proves popular

July, 2006

  – Now processing and disbursing PLUS Loans
– The new features and look of AccessGroup.Org
– Conference 2006 registration opens soon!
– Consolidation Corner
– School Services Spotlight

June, 2006

  – 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

May, 2006

  – Ready for the new processing year
– Workshot recap: Capitalization of federal loans
– Consolidation Corner
– Update on Conference 2006
– School Services Spotlight

April, 2006

  – 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

March, 2006

  – 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

February, 2006

 

– 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

January, 2006

  – News about the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005
– Coming soon: Access Group spring workshops
– Need Access 2006-2007
– Consolidation Corner
2005 Archive
December, 2005   – Access Group Holiday Closing
– Conference 2005 Wrap-Up
– Technology Update
– Consolidation Corner
November, 2005 – Meet Your School Services Team
– Coming Soon: Enhancements to CommonLine
– Big Hearts, Helping Hands
October, 2005 – Conference Update
– Our Support for Hurricane Victims
– Consolidation Corner
– Borrower Education
– School Services Spotlight
September, 2005 – For victims of Hurricane Katrina
– Conference 2005:
– Go to the Consolidation Corner for FAQs
– School Services Spotlight on Jennifer Trauman
August, 2005 – 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
July, 2005 – Processing news
– Consolidation Corner
– Meet our new CFO
– School Services Spotlight
June, 2005
– 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...
May, 2005
– 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
April, 2005 – 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
March, 2005 – 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
February, 2005 – 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
January, 2005 – 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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