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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...

Filed under: Citibank, College Board, college loans, community college, federal student loans, financial aid, Jonathan D. Glater, JPMorgan Chase, Nelnet, New York Times, NextStudent, Perkins loans, PLUS Loans, PNC, private student loans, Sallie Mae, SLC, Stafford Loans, student debt, Student Loan Corporation, student loan lenders, student loans, SunTrust, tuition, Wells Fargo, William Jessup University

New York Probe on the Student Loan Industry
20 March 07 05:14 PM | Student Loan Girl | 4 Comments   

On Nov. 7, 2006 Andrew Cuomo was elected the 64th attorney general of the state of New York, and shortly thereafter launched a nationwide investigation into student loan practices at more than 400 universities across the nation, including some of the Read More...

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