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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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74% of Sallie Mae Loans Could Disappear Under Obama Plan
12 March 09 12:21 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Sallie Mae — the largest provider of college student loans in the country — may ultimately see three quarters of its student loan business evaporate under a plan by President Obama that would end government subsidies to third-party lenders and establish the federal government as the sole provider of federal student loans. Read More...

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Direct Loan Program Gaining Ground on Bank-Based FFEL Program
29 October 08 04:27 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

According to a recent survey of college financial aid directors, the federal government’s Direct Loan Program — through which families get federal student loans directly from the Department of Education — could eclipse the government’s now dominant Federal Read More...

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Government’s Direct Lending Program Sees 43-Percent Increase in Volume
02 September 08 05:36 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

As cash-strapped lenders continue to drop out of the Federal Family Education Loan Program , the number of student loans originated for the 2008–09 school year through the government’s Direct Loan Program has increased by 43 percent, reports The Chronicle Read More...

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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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Survey Indicates Significant Number of Colleges May Switch to Direct Lending Program
08 May 08 04:36 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In the last few months, the number of lenders who have exited or suspended participation in the guaranteed Family Federal Education Loan Program has ballooned to 66 organizations, according to FinAid.org , leaving many schools wondering if their students Read More...

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