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U.S News Rankings Affect State College Funding?
07 March 07 04:37 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

It goes without saying that the media tend to influence public opinion, if not in large part shape it. A case in point is the ranking of colleges in U.S. News & World Report. According to a March 2, 2007 article by Elia Powers titled “ A U.S. News Read More...

Filed under: higher education, NextStudent, STAR Act, State College Funding, Student Relief Act, Sunshine Act, U.S. News & World Report

Not What It Appears: College Student Relief Act of 2007
07 March 07 04:29 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

According to a March 2, 2007 article written by Olivia Majesky-Pullmann titled, “ Just the Stats: Will Student Loan Interest Rate Cuts Really Help Low-Income Students? ” that appeared in Diverse: Issues in Higher Education , “The College Student Relief Read More...

Filed under: College Student Relief Act of 2007, higher education, NextStudent, Rep. George Miller, STAR Act, U.S. PIRG

College Student Loan/Aid Programs: TRUE Reform Forthcoming?
27 February 07 06:16 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In the midst of the plethora of democratic legislation being in limbo (STAR Act, Sunshine Act, Student Debt Relief Act, H.R. 5, still pending), the U.S. Department of Education appears to be doing something fresh and original. Instead of devising ways Read More...

Filed under: Commission on the Future of Higher Education, Department of Education, H.R. 5, NextStudent, Pell Grants, STAR Act, Student Debt Relief Act, Sunshine Act

Who Are They Kidding? Defend Your Rights While You Still Can
23 February 07 10:28 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

On Monday, Feb. 19, 2007 I wrote about the new STAR Act, whose proponents claim that with all the potential savings to be won by colleges switching from the FFELP (Federal Family Education Loan Program) to the FDLP (Federal Direct Lending Program), approximately Read More...

Filed under: Department of Education, FDLP, FFELP, NextStudent, Sen. Edward Kennedy, STAR Act

Lose Your Right to Choose: Kennedy Rallies Support for STAR Act
22 February 07 10:39 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

On Feb. 16, 2007 the “first higher education hearing of the 110th Congress” took place before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, according to a Feb. 19, 2007 article titled “Scattered Thoughts on Student Aid” by Doug Lederman Read More...

Filed under: Federal Direct Loan Program, NextStudent, Sen. Edward Kennedy, STAR Act, Student Aid

The STAR Act: College Scholarships that Cost More than You Think
20 February 07 05:10 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

For weeks now, we have been watching what has been happening with the Pell Grant and the effect the likely increase will have on students and taxpayers. In the middle of all this, I somehow missed a key piece of legislation that, if it becomes law, will Read More...

Filed under: College Scholarships, NextStudent, Pell Grants, STAR Act, Student Loan Legislation