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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>For the past two years, TG and the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) have collaborated on a series of groundbreaking reports examining the efficacy of student loan counseling. We are pleased to announce the release of our 5<sup>th</sup> report, <i><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.tgslc.org/pdf/Effective-Counseling-Empowered-Borrowers.pdf">Effective Counseling, Empowered Borrowers: An Evidence-Based Policy Agenda for Informed Student Loan Borrowing and Repayment</a></span>. </i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The other reports in the series and previous media coverage can be found <a href="http://www.tgslc.org/research/counseling.cfm">here</a>. The four earlier reports are: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>o An interview and observation-based study on the borrower experience with online <b>student loan exit counseling</b> (<a href="http://www.tgslc.org/pdf/From-Passive-to-Proactive.pdf">From Passive to Proactive: Understanding and Improving the Borrower Experience with Online Student Loan Exit Counseling</a><b><i>)</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>o An interview and observation-based study on the borrower experience with online <b>student loan entrance counseling</b> <a href="http://www.tgslc.org/pdf/Time-to-Every-Purpose.pdf">A Time to Every Purpose: Understanding and Improving the Borrower Experience with Online Student Loan Entrance Counseling</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>o <b>A literature review</b> on loan counseling and financial education, combined with a <b>history of legislation</b>, regulations, and major government actions pertinent to federal student loan counseling <span style='color:#3333FF'><a href="http://www.tgslc.org/pdf/Informed-or-Overwhelmed.pdf"><span style='color:#3333FF'>INFORMED OR OVERWHELMED? A Legislative History of Student Loan Counseling with a Literature Review on the Efficacy of Loan Counseling</span></a></span>; <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>o A study of the <b>promising practices</b> in financial literacy training and student loan counseling currently employed at schools whose student loan borrowers outperform expectations (<a href="http://www.tgslc.org/pdf/Above-and-Beyond.pdf">Above and Beyond: What Eight Colleges Are Doing to Improve Student Loan Counseling</a>); <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please let me know if you have any questions or have suggestions for other opportunities to share this information.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Jeff Webster<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Direct of Research<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>TG<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Round Rock, TX<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>512-219-4504<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="mailto:Jeff.Webster@tgslc.org">Jeff.Webster@tgslc.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>