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2007 Budget Update
01 February 07 10:45 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

It looks like Pell Grants are going to be getting the financial face-lift about which people have been buzzing on Capitol Hill. According to a Jan. 31, 2007 article by Doug Lederman titled “A Pleasant Budget Surprise” that appeared in Inside Higher Ed Read More...

Filed under: College Funding, Consolidation, financial aid, Low-Income Students, Next Student, NextStudent, Pell Grants, student loan consolidation, student loans

Hope On The Horizon: Student Debt Relief Act in Senate
24 January 07 08:47 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

I have posted blogs in the past several weeks regarding states that are implementing college financial aid programs at the community college or public college level, making education an affordable reality for lower-income students. Just yesterday a major Read More...

Filed under: College Funding, College Tuition, College Tuition Tax Deduction, Consolidation, financial aid, higher education, Interest Rates, Loan Forgiveness, Low-Income Students, Next Student, NextStudent, Origination Fees, Pell Grants, Reconsolidation, student debt, Student Debt Relief Act, student loan consolidation, student loans

Proposed Law Opens Door to Higher Education for Low-Income Students
24 January 07 03:42 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In a post in December I commented on how many states and even the federal government is beginning to set up programs and legislation that favors higher education opportunities for lower-income students. A case in point is the $4,000 college tuition deduction Read More...

Filed under: College Funding, Consolidation, financial aid, Low-Income Students, Next Student, NextStudent, Pell Grants, student loan consolidation, student loans, Two-Year Colleges