Vermont Edition speaks with outgoing CEO of the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation, Don Vickers about the landscape of higher ed financing and the tension between the economic imperative of getting a degree, and the finding the money to pay for it:

A new program from VSAC aims to get students as young as seventh grade energized about higher education with a dose of reality and lots of enthusiasm.

As the Vermont State Police alters their taser policy and Montpelier decides whether its police officers should carry the devices, we look at policies governing their use.

The Vermont Student Assistance Corp. is poised to get $1.3 million in federal funds to service federal student loans, which would be a new role for the organization.

VPR's Mitch Wertlieb talks with Vermont Studant Assistance Corporation President & CEO Don Vickers about new rules for federal education loans that recently went into effect.

VPR's Jane Lindholm talks with Vermont Student Assistance Corportation executive director, Don Vickers about changes to the federal directing lending program for student loans.

A bill pending in Congress is causing worries in Vermont that it would cripple a nonprofit state college loan program.

The Vermont Senate considers a bill today that will grant anonymity to donors who give to the University of Vermont and other public colleges in the state. 

Colleges will be notifying incoming students about financial aid in the next few weeks, but Congress has not settled a debate about student loans.