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Back from Surgery, Kennedy Calls On Community Colleges to Switch to Direct Lending
17 June 08 11:11 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Sen. Edward Kennedy , D-Mass., sent a letter Monday to the American Association of Community Colleges , urging its members to enroll in the government’s Direct Loan Program in order to ensure community college students have access to student loans for Read More...

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Credit Unions Offer Themselves as Partial Solution to Looming Student Loan Crisis
12 April 08 11:19 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In the last six months alone, since legislators eliminated over $21 billion in subsidies to student loan lenders in the Federal Family Education Loan Program, at least 44 FFELP lenders have stopped originating federal student loans. This exodus of lenders Read More...

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