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In Fight to Lower Tuition, Small Universities May Be Harmed
25 June 08 03:43 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Some small U.S. colleges and universities are concerned that they may be the target of a new bill that would force schools with multi -billion dollar endowments, like Harvard , to reduce their tuition costs, and place other high-tuition institutions without Read More...

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New Senator at the Helm of Higher Education Act Negotiations
03 June 08 04:13 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Sen. Barbara Mikulski , D-Md., will “pinch hit” for Sen. Edward Kennedy , D-Mass. — the chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions who is recovering from surgery to treat a malignant brain tumor — in Senate and House negotiations Read More...

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Credit Unions Offer Themselves as Partial Solution to Looming Student Loan Crisis
12 April 08 11:19 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In the last six months alone, since legislators eliminated over $21 billion in subsidies to student loan lenders in the Federal Family Education Loan Program, at least 44 FFELP lenders have stopped originating federal student loans. This exodus of lenders Read More...

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