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Private Student Loans: Proceed With Caution
04 May 09 02:07 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Although the government has taken steps to bolster the federal student loan program by expanding Pell Grant awards and raising the maximum award amount of federal Stafford student loans, federal financial aid will still not be enough for many families Read More...

Filed under: 529 savings accounts, college, college loans, college savings plans, federal financial aid, federal stafford student loans, federal student loan lenders, Federal Student Loan Program, federal student loans, fixed rate private loans, home equity loans, JPMorgan Chase, NexStudent, pell grant awards, Pell Grants, PNC Financial, prime rate index, private student loan interset rates, private student loan lenders, private student loan terms, private student loans, private tudent loan rates, Student Lending Analytics, student loan borrower benefits, student loans, SunTrust Bank, The New York Times, Tim Ranzetta, variable rate private loans

Harvard Inks Custom Loan Deal to Help International Graduate Students
03 March 09 04:47 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

At a time when large numbers of lenders exiting the student loan marketplace has made it more difficult for international students to find college and graduate school funding, Harvard has announced an exclusive agreement with JPMorgan Chase that will Read More...

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Proposed Legislation Would Prevent Student Loan Lenders from ‘Cherry-Picking’ Schools They Lend To
19 June 08 06:14 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

To ensure all students have access to student loans regardless of what type of school they attend, two Democratic senators introduced legislation Tuesday that would prohibit banks and other lenders from “picking and choosing” which institutions of higher Read More...

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Student Loan Snapshot: Who Wins, Who Loses?
06 June 08 04:02 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

College administrators, students, and parents have expressed concern over the last few months that students may not be able to readily get the funds they need for college this fall in light of the $21 billion cut in government subsidies to federal lenders Read More...

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With Government’s Help, Lenders Returning to Federal Student Loan Market
05 June 08 02:08 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

A number of lenders who abandoned the federal student loan market in recent months may be returning, in light of a new law designed to keep struggling lenders afloat, according to a Dow Jones Newswires article. Many of the 102 companies that scaled back Read More...

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Banks Become More Selective, Leaving Some Colleges Without Student Loans
02 June 08 05:49 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Students at community colleges, for-profit universities, and other less competitive institutions may soon have trouble finding a lender willing to offer them federal student loans. Citibank, JP Morgan Chase, PNC, and SunTrust are no longer offering student loans to certain colleges — schools that the banks have determined tend toward higher default rates, fewer borrowers, and small loan amounts that make business less profitable. Read More...

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Bear Stearns Takeover Leaves Business-School Students Scrambling
14 April 08 08:13 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

BearStearns CEO, Jimmy Cayne, seems to have been the only former Stearns employee to make it out of the JPMorgan Chase buyout relatively unscathed — at least in non-CEO terms — walking away with $61.3 million in sold shares. Even though, in his own high-priced Read More...

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