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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...

Filed under: bond sale, bridge financing, bridge loan, cash-strapped lenders, college loans, Education Department, Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act, financial aid, H.R. 5715, Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority, Kentucky Post, Kentucky students, Lexington Herald-Leader, Massachusetts, MEFA, NextStudent, private placement bond, state student loan agency, Steve Beshear, Student Loan People, student loans, U.S. Department of Education

Nonprofit Lenders Hurt by Legislation Intended to Help Them
01 August 08 06:53 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

As lenders continue to scale back or suspend their student loan programs amid a troubled economy and now-unprofitable federal education loans, newer legislation designed to help struggling lenders — nonprofit student loan providers in particular — may be doing more harm than good. Read More...

Filed under: Chronicle of Higher Education, College Cost Reduction and Access Act, college loans, credit crisis, Department of Educaiton, Education Finance Council, EFC, Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act, federal student loans, financial aid, Interest Rates, National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs, NCHELP, NextStudent, Paul Basken, Peter Warren, Shelly Repp, Stafford Loans, student loan availability, student loans, subprime mortgage crisis

State-Based Loan Agencies May Not Offer Student Loans, Despite Government Intervention
20 June 08 04:18 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Just this year, some 112 student loan lenders have cut back or ended their participation in the federal and private student loan markets, including nine state loan agencies, who have each issued slightly different responses to the industry’s changes, Read More...

Filed under: Chronicle of Higher Education, college, college loans, Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act, Eric Kelderman, financial aid, Missouri Education Loan Authority, Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority, NextStudent, Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, State Lenders, State-Based Loan Agencies, student loans, tuition