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Aid Administrators to Lawmakers: “Don’t Kill Guaranteed Student Loans”
24 March 09 05:02 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   
Just as Congress is about to vote on President Obama’s plan to end the government’s Federal Family Education Loan Program, through which families get their student loans from private third-party lenders, a lender advocacy group is urging lawmakers to consider an alternative to the president’s proposal. Read More...
Auditors Accuse Bank of Illegally Getting Student Loans
09 January 09 02:20 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   
A recently completed audit of Fifth Third Bank — the 20th largest lender of federal student loans in the country according to college financial aid site FinAid — found that the bank violated federal law by illegally paying three companies for loan applications Read More...
Despite Greater Benefits Under New GI Bill, Vets May Still Opt for Trade Schools, Community Colleges
25 July 08 03:38 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   
Recently published research from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs indicates that approximately 57 percent of those veterans who used their GI Bill benefits in fiscal year 2007 attended either community colleges or for-profit institutions. Veterans Read More...
College-Bookstore Bill Could Lower Textbook Costs for Students
21 July 08 02:12 PM | Student Loan Girl | 1 Comments   
College students may soon be getting some relief when it comes to the $900 they spend on textbooks annually, although these new savings may be too minimal to notice. A new bill before Congress being supported by college bookstores, HR 5546 , would allow Read More...
Colleges May Be Required to Refund Student Loans for Military Members Called Into Service
01 July 08 05:20 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   
At the same time the recently passed GI Bill was being pushed through Congress, legislators have been considering a veterans education “bill of rights” that would protect service members who are called to duty in the middle of their higher education studies, Read More...
2009 Budget Resolution with More Money for Education Approved by Senate
09 June 08 03:48 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   
The U.S. Senate approved an $84.3-billion discretionary spending blueprint for the 2009 fiscal year that greatly increases federal funds for education as well as scientific research, according to an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education (“ Senate Read More...
Financial Aid Administrators Oppose New Preferred-Lender List Rule
23 April 08 06:01 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   
The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators has asked the Department of Education to reconsider its interpretation of a new rule that requires colleges to have at least three student loan lenders that are not affiliated with each Read More...

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