The U.S. Department of Education Office of Federal Student Aid’s primary location for all guidance related to federal student loans.
DIRECT LOAN PUBLICATIONS
A list of publications available from FSA about Direct Loans.
COD WEBSITE
Important COD processing updates can be accessed from home page and login is not required.
COD TECHNICAL REFERENCE
Visit this site to access the COD Technical Reference.
COD ONLINE TRAINING
Online training for the Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) Website.
LOAN SERVICING AND COLLECTION
Information about the loan servicing and collection process.
LOAN SERVICING CENTERS FOR SCHOOLS
Help and contact information for loan servicing centers.
DEFAULT PREVENTION ASSISTANCE
Contact information for default preventations assistance and questions.
Research and Publications
TICAS Project on Student Debt
Project started by The Institute For College Access and Success (TICAS) in 2005 to help increase public understanding of debt and its implications.
NASFAA Loan Counseling Task Force Report
Tasked with thinking about loan counseling in a new and creative way, the National Association of Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) created a task force to re-examine loan counseling processes.
Pew Trusts – Who is struggling to Pay and Why
Episode features data about student loan borrowing, and outlines who is struggling to pay and why.
College Board – Trends in Student Aid
Reporting on how much financial aid students get to help pay for college, where it is coming from, and how it has changed over time.