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Tufts University to Help Graduates in Public-Service Repay Student Loans
24 April 08 10:31 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Under a new student loan repayment program offered by Tufts University , graduates and undergraduates from the school who pursue jobs in public service could have a portion of their student loans forgiven. Tufts alumni from any graduating class who choose Read More...

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Kentucky Lender Puts Brakes on Student Loans to New Borrowers
21 April 08 02:50 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Citing ongoing fallout from the national capital market crisis, Kentucky officials announced the state’s student loan agency will stop making student loans to first-time borrowers beginning May 1 until it can secure additional financing, according to Read More...

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Curbing “Brain Drain”: Will Forgivable Loans Keep Students In-State?
06 July 07 01:12 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

To address the concern that state universities are not retaining the best in-state students and professors, legislators are discussing ways to prevent this “brain drain,” including student loan forgiveness programs for college graduates who pledge to Read More...

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Hope On The Horizon: Student Debt Relief Act in Senate
24 January 07 08:47 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

I have posted blogs in the past several weeks regarding states that are implementing college financial aid programs at the community college or public college level, making education an affordable reality for lower-income students. Just yesterday a major Read More...

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