TG updates

TG waives conference fees for schools
In light of the shrinking budgets facing many financial aid offices, TG is offering complimentary registration to all school partners for its 2003 Annual Conference, "FFELP: Live in Concert!".

Federal updates

ED provides NSLDS update
In a recently published NSLDS Newsletter, ED detailed revisions in the calculation of aggregate loan limits and how the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) is now calculating aggregates for Consolidation loan borrowers.

Closed School Corner
The Department of Education announces two new closures.

Legislative update

The March 4, 2003, issue of the Legislative Report contains the Texas student aid community's response to ED's request for input on Higher Education Act Reauthorization. Read the response at www.tgslc.org/lege_report/index.cfm.

Quick links

• 2003 TG Annual Conference

This, that, and the other...

If you work with student loan borrowers who might want to learn more about deferments and forbearances, encourage them to join the next Mapping Your Future online chat tonight. Details on the chat are available in Edition 193.

The informative one-hour chat event will be held today, March 11, 2003, starting at 6 p.m. CST, at which time financial aid and career planning experts from across the country will be available. Anyone with Internet access can join the chat by visiting www.mapping-your-future.org.