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Anticipating a Falloff in Student Loan Defaults
22 October 09 12:47 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

After hitting a new high of $443 million in charge-offs on its student loans this past quarter, major student lender Sallie Mae anticipates a slowdown in these student loan defaults, the company announced during its third-quarter earnings call yesterday. Read More...

Filed under: Albert Lord, college loans, Jack Remondi, NextStudent, private student loans, Sallie Mae, student loan credit crisis, student loan defaults, student loans, subprime mortgage crisis, subprime mortgage crisis fallout

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...

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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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Nurse Steals Patients’ Identities in Scheme to Obtain Student Loans
26 March 09 10:12 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Risha Renee Shaw — who graduated in November 2008 as a licensed practical nurse from Keiser Career College — paid her way through school by fraudulently obtaining up to $18,000 in student loans. 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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Weakening Economy Contributes to Sallie Mae’s $159 Million Quarterly Loss
27 October 08 05:17 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Student loan provider Sallie Mae reported a $159 million loss this quarter as the ongoing credit crisis continues to pose financial challenges for borrowers (“ Sallie Mae Reports $159-Million Loss and More Delinquencies by Borrowers ,” The Chronicle of Read More...

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Shares of Corinthian Colleges Stock Take Nosedive Over Student Loan Defaults
28 August 08 06:56 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Despite an 11.5-percent boost in student enrollment and an 18.3-percent growth in revenue over the last quarter, Corinthian Colleges saw its shares tumble in afternoon NASDAQ trading on Tuesday, amid investor fears of rising defaults on the school network’s 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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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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Sallie Mae Mistakenly Reports Up to 1 Million Borrowers Delinquent
14 May 08 05:42 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

As many as 1 million Sallie Mae customers may be experiencing problems with their credit scores after the student loan company erroneously reported some of its borrowers’ student loan accounts as delinquent. Sallie Mae’s customers on graduated or extended Read More...

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