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Student Loan Providers May Get Government Help for One More Year
17 September 08 05:08 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

With problems in the credit markets continuing to plague student loan providers, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a year-long extension of the Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act , which allows the secretary of education Read More...

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Massachusetts College Students Lose Funding Source for Student Loans
29 July 08 01:41 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

For the first time in its nearly 30-year history, The Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority won’t be offering student loans this fall to the 40,000 borrowers it serves, according to an article in The New York Times (“ Agency in Massachusetts Is Read More...

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Borrower Sues Student-Loan Lender for Allegedly Reneging on Its Contract
18 July 08 06:03 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

A student-loan borrower has filed a class-action lawsuit against student-loan lender Northstar Higher Education for allegedly breaking its contract with borrowers. In the suit, filed Monday with the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, Northstar is accused Read More...

Filed under: auction-rate securities, college loans, credit crunch, interest-rate reduction, Jennifer So, Mark Lindgren, Minneapolis Star Tribune, NextStudent, Northstar, Northstar Education Finance Inc., Northstar Higher Education, student loan borrowers, student loan lenders, student loans, T.H.E. Repayment Bonus

Nursing, Teaching, Law Enforcement, Professions Losing Student Loan Incentives
13 June 08 10:30 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

College graduates preparing to enter critical fields like nursing and teaching may no longer be able to take advantage of programs that previously offered them a break on their student loans. In at least six states this year, state-affiliated 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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College May Be Stripped of Its Ability to Offer Some Federal Student Loans
29 May 08 01:36 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The federal government is considering revoking a college’s ability to offer subsidized federal student loans — namely Perkins and Stafford loans — as allegations surface that the school, Technical Career Institute , has been paying off the loans of some Read More...

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