TG Updates

TG's delinquency prevention unit shows impressive results
TG's new delinquency prevention unit is validating once again the wisdom of the adage, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." Coupling early education on the student loan repayment process with personal contact with the borrower before repayment begins is proving to be just what the doctor ordered. Recent statistics collected by TG show the increasing impact that this team is having on borrower behaviors.

TG expands national sales team
TG has named three individuals to serve as national account representatives. Effective immediately, their responsibilities will include managing key marketing and sales activities and providing service and attention to meet the needs of TG's growing customer base.

Trends and Issues

TG cosponsors MYF chat on standardized tests, college admissions, and financial aid
Students and parents who have questions about standardized tests, college admissions, and financial aid can get the answers they need during a chat event on Mapping Your Future (MYF). MYF (http://mapping-your-future.org), a public-service Web site providing college, career, and financial aid information and services, will offer an evening "Standardized Tests and College Admissions" chat on August 5, 2003.

Topsy-turvy terminology
The ultimate goal of student financial aid is to put money into students' hands so that they can pay for postsecondary education. So what do we call that activity-the task of actually putting the money into students' hands? Well, it goes by a few different names.

Legislative update

The July 28, 2003, issue of TG's Legislative Report provides updates on a number of appropriations bills for FY 2004 and a letter sent by the Texas financial aid community to the House Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness on ways to improve access to postsecondary education. Also included are updates on the status of major student aid-related legislation filed during the first session of the 108th Congress.

Read the full report on TG Online at www.tgslc.org/lege_report/index.cfm.

This, That, and the Other...

In the 2000-2001 academic year, there were an estimated 3,077,000 enrollments in all distance education courses offered by 2-year and 4-year institutions, according to a report recently released by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

During the same period, there were an estimated 2,876,000 enrollments in college-level, credit-granting distance education courses, with 82 percent of these at the undergraduate level.

The full report, entitled Distance Education at Degree-Granting Postsecondary Institutions: 2000-2001, was released this month on the Web, and is accessible at www.nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/
pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2003017.