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Kennedy to Colleges: Have Back-Up Plan for Students
21 April 08 05:34 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In a letter sent to the American Council on Education on April 15, Sen. Edward Kennedy , D-Mass., the chairman of the Senate Education Committee, urged colleges to sign up for the Department of Education’s Federal Direct Loan Program as a preventive measure Read More...

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Who Are They Kidding? Defend Your Rights While You Still Can
23 February 07 10:28 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

On Monday, Feb. 19, 2007 I wrote about the new STAR Act, whose proponents claim that with all the potential savings to be won by colleges switching from the FFELP (Federal Family Education Loan Program) to the FDLP (Federal Direct Lending Program), approximately Read More...

Filed under: Department of Education, FDLP, FFELP, NextStudent, Sen. Edward Kennedy, STAR Act