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Note to Families: Financial Aid More Competitive, But Not Out of Reach
26 January 09 05:09 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

With more families applying for financial aid — applications are already up 10 percent above last year’s record — and lending for private student loans drying up, families’ ability to find available financial aid is becoming more difficult, reports the Read More...

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Student Loan Default Rates In Nevada Rank Among Top In Nation
08 December 08 04:55 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

After ranking number one in the nation for student loan defaults for the last four years, Nevada managed to come in fifth this year with a 7.4-percent default rate based on the Education Department ’s data for borrowers who began repaying their loans 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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Kentucky Set to Buy $50 Million Bond So Students Can Get College Loans
18 August 08 03:57 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

To ensure that Kentucky students get the money they need to pay for school, Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has authorized the state to buy a $50 million bond from the state’s student loan agency just before fall classes get underway, reports the Lexington Read More...

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Number of Students Applying for Federal Financial Aid Goes Up Almost 20%
12 August 08 04:21 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

While college enrollment is only expected to grow by 300,000 students this year, some 1.3 million additional college students have already applied for federal financial aid — an increase of 17 percent, according to an article in U.S. News World Report Read More...

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Education Department at Fault for Low Participation in Grant Programs, Audit Shows
04 August 08 05:58 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In an audit of the Department of Education , the department’s own inspector general blames the lack of participation in the government’s Academic Competitiveness and National Smart Grant programs on his department’s failure to effectively promote the Read More...

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