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Auditors Accuse Bank of Illegally Getting Student Loans
09 January 09 02:20 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

A recently completed audit of Fifth Third Bank — the 20th largest lender of federal student loans in the country according to college financial aid site FinAid — found that the bank violated federal law by illegally paying three companies for loan applications Read More...

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Kennedy to Colleges: Have Back-Up Plan for Students
21 April 08 05:34 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In a letter sent to the American Council on Education on April 15, Sen. Edward Kennedy , D-Mass., the chairman of the Senate Education Committee, urged colleges to sign up for the Department of Education’s Federal Direct Loan Program as a preventive measure Read More...

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