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‘Gap Loans’ at For-Profit Colleges Escape Proposed Legislation
27 October 09 12:47 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

While acting last Thursday to approve the creation of a Consumer Financial Protection Agency, which will expand federal oversight of private student loans, a Congressional panel at the same time voted to reject a proposal that would have included school-sponsored “gap loans” under the authority of the new CFPA. Read More...

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New Higher-Ed Bill May Get Through Congress This Week
30 July 08 06:54 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Five years overdue, the House and the Senate may finally reach a compromise on the re-authorized Higher Education Act, the law that predominantly governs student aid, according to an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education (“ With Compromises, Higher-Ed Read More...

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For-Profit Colleges Face Expulsion from Federal Student Aid Program for Awarding Too Much Aid
25 July 08 11:50 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Under new federal legislation, many students at for-profit institutions have seen the amount of their Pell and federal student loan awards increase and a larger number these students have been able to cover all their college costs with just these two Read More...

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