TG to offer financial literacy symposium for proprietary schools
TG is hosting a symposia series on designing and implementing campus financial literacy programs for various types of schools, including public and private institutions. On Tuesday, March 30, TG will offer a special symposium geared for the needs of proprietary schools and students.

Register for TG's upcoming industry-training webinars
In the upcoming months, TG's policy and regulatory experts continue a free webinar series on topics of interest to financial aid professionals, including Income-Based Repayment, using professional judgment, TG's Positive+Balance Community℠, and split-loan servicing.

Offer your students TG's "Money Management 101" training, now available online
Students manage competing priorities, including, at times, part-time or full-time jobs. Many have a varied schedule and can't always attend financial literacy trainings offered on campus. To help, TG has placed its financial literacy training session "Money Management 101" online for easy viewing.

TG announces upcoming webinar on Hispanic-Serving Institutions
A recent study conducted by Excelencia in Education and funded by a grant from TG's Public Benefit Grant Program examines enrollment and retention issues for Latino students. TG will host a webinar on the findings of the Excelencia study, titled "Emerging Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs): Serving Latino Students." The webinar will explain some of the challenges facing HSIs and offer strategies for promoting student success and college completion rates at these institutions.

TG adds more convenience to encryption service for customers
Starting March 1, more customers may receive email from TG that has been encrypted but which appears as regular email. Customers need do nothing more to read the email than select and open it.

Borrowers supporting relief efforts in Haiti may be eligible for military service deferments
Borrowers of Title IV loans (FFELP, FDLP, and/or Perkins) who are serving on active duty in support of relief efforts in Haiti (aka Operation Unified Response), or performing qualifying national guard duty in support of Operation Unified Response, may qualify for military service deferments.

Credit CARD Act rules now in effect
A majority of the requirements under the Credit CARD Act for which the Federal Reserve Board has rulemaking authority became effective on February 22.

USDA begins education loan repayment program to address veterinary shortages
Studies indicate growing shortages of food supply veterinarians and veterinarians serving in certain other high priority specialty areas. A leading cause for this shortage is the heavy cost of four years of professional veterinary medical training. Congress established the Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program (VMLRP) as a way to help solve this issue.

Understanding Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Through the College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007, Congress established Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) to encourage individuals to work full-time in public service jobs.

Ask the Policy Expert
For the Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program, a borrower must teach for five consecutive years. Are there any breaks allowed that will not disqualify the borrower?