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More Schools Offering Direct Student Loans
13 March 09 02:25 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The direct student loan program — which President Obama wants to establish as the sole provider of federal student loans by 2010 — is swiftly gaining ground on the Federal Family Education Loan Program. Read More...

Filed under: Barry Feierstein, college, college financial aid, college loans, Department of Education, Direct Loan Program, direct student loan program, Federal Family Education Loan Program, federal student loans, FFEL program, financial aid, NextStudent, originator of federal student loans, paying for college, poor customer service, President Obama, private student loan lenders, private third party lenders, Sallie Mae, Sandra Block, student loan default, student loan industry, student loans, surge in loan volume, tuition, USA Today

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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Student Loan Providers Get More Help From the Government
13 November 08 03:39 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In a move intended to avoid a shortfall in student loans next year, Congress has expanded the government program to buy federally guaranteed student loans from private lenders. Under the updated loan-purchase plan, the Education Department can now buy Read More...

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Changes to Student Loan Repayment Programs Not Enough, Advocates Say
30 October 08 11:34 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Despite 1,500 individuals and a dozen national organizations pushing for further changes to legislative provisions that help low-income college students repay their student loans, the Education Department recently issued the provisions’ final regulations Read More...

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Technical College May Lose Ability to Offer Federal Financial Aid For Violating Newly-Relaxed Aid Rule
20 August 08 01:05 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Star Technical Institute , a technical college in New Jersey, may not be able to offer federal financial aid to students at two of its seven campuses for allegedly violating a federal law that requires colleges to obtain 10 percent or more of their revenues Read More...

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