Taking fiscal responsibility to the streets

As part of our public purpose mission, American Student Assistance^® is preparing the next generation of student loan borrowers for the responsibilities and benefits of loan ownership. Here’s how we’re doing it:

• – Attending financial aid nights for high school seniors and their parents.
• – Offering free college planning, financial aid and career counseling at branches of the Boston Public Library and at Massachusetts Educational Opportunity Centers.
• – Conducting a financial literacy pilot program for the public high schools in Massachusetts.
• – Partnering with Reach4Success (formerly the College Information Center) in Washington, D.C. to meet the needs of low-income, first-generation college students.
• – Reaching out to high school guidance counselors.
• – Publishing a student loan advice column in key newspapers throughout the country.