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Overhaul of Student Loan System in the Works
22 June 09 08:30 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

A bill to overhaul the student loan industry may reach Congress as early as next week; education-committee chairs are working behind the scenes on a piece of legislation that would eliminate the third-party student loan system called the Federal Family Read More...

Filed under: Congressional Budget Office, Consumer Price Index, fate of student loan industry, Federal Family Education Loan Program, Federal Pell Grant Program, federal student loan lenders, Federal Student Loan Program, federal student loans, FFEL program, FFELP, FFEP lenders, NextStudent, Obama student loan plan, Pell Grants, private student loans, Sallie Mae, student loan industry, student loan laws, Student Loan Legislation, student loan overhaul, student loan regulation, student loans, The Chronicle of Higher Education, third party student loan lenders

The Plot Thickens for the Future of Student Lending
13 April 09 05:00 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

It’s “all hands on deck” for federal student loan lenders, who have made it abundantly clear that they’re not going to roll over and accept the terms of the Obama administration’s proposal to axe their Federal Family Education Loan Program in favor of the Education Department’s Direct Loan Program without a fight. Read More...

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More Schools Offering Direct Student Loans
13 March 09 02:25 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The direct student loan program — which President Obama wants to establish as the sole provider of federal student loans by 2010 — is swiftly gaining ground on the Federal Family Education Loan Program. Read More...

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74% of Sallie Mae Loans Could Disappear Under Obama Plan
12 March 09 12:21 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Sallie Mae — the largest provider of college student loans in the country — may ultimately see three quarters of its student loan business evaporate under a plan by President Obama that would end government subsidies to third-party lenders and establish the federal government as the sole provider of federal student loans. 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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