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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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Note to Families: Financial Aid More Competitive, But Not Out of Reach
26 January 09 05:09 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

With more families applying for financial aid — applications are already up 10 percent above last year’s record — and lending for private student loans drying up, families’ ability to find available financial aid is becoming more difficult, reports the Read More...

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New Law May Simplify College Financial Aid Form
05 August 08 05:55 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Students and parents could spend less time filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid under a new provision of The Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 , according to an article in The Austin American-Statesman , (“ New Law to Trim College Read More...

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