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Federal Student Loan Lenders Fight for Survival
30 March 09 04:52 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In what is being viewed as a direct hit to private third-party lenders in the Federal Family Education Loan Program who are fighting to keep the program alive, the U.S. Department of Education’s preliminary data paints the FFEL program as a costly and Read More...

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Penn State’s Switch to Direct Loan Program Underway, So Far So Good
11 July 08 04:43 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Pennsylvania State University said its transition over to the federal Direct Loan Program is going “smoothly.” Already about 3,000 borrowers have taken out $5 million in student loans under the new program this summer, according to an article in The Daily Read More...

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