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Justice Department Should Weigh In On Student-Loan Loophole Scandal, Senator Says
08 October 08 04:57 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Rep. Thomas Petri , R-Wis., wrote to Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings this week asking whether she plans to involve the Justice Department in the investigation of a federal subsidy loophole that benefited nonprofit student loan providers and Read More...

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Technical College May Lose Ability to Offer Federal Financial Aid For Violating Newly-Relaxed Aid Rule
20 August 08 01:05 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Star Technical Institute , a technical college in New Jersey, may not be able to offer federal financial aid to students at two of its seven campuses for allegedly violating a federal law that requires colleges to obtain 10 percent or more of their revenues Read More...

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Nonprofit Lenders Hurt by Legislation Intended to Help Them
01 August 08 06:53 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

As lenders continue to scale back or suspend their student loan programs amid a troubled economy and now-unprofitable federal education loans, newer legislation designed to help struggling lenders — nonprofit student loan providers in particular — may be doing more harm than good. Read More...

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