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Student Loan Providers Get More Help From the Government
13 November 08 03:39 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In a move intended to avoid a shortfall in student loans next year, Congress has expanded the government program to buy federally guaranteed student loans from private lenders. Under the updated loan-purchase plan, the Education Department can now buy Read More...

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In Fight to Lower Tuition, Small Universities May Be Harmed
25 June 08 03:43 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Some small U.S. colleges and universities are concerned that they may be the target of a new bill that would force schools with multi -billion dollar endowments, like Harvard , to reduce their tuition costs, and place other high-tuition institutions without Read More...

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Lowest-Income Students Need More Pell Aid, Authors of New Report Find
05 May 08 04:35 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

To help low-income students attend college, larger Pell Grants should be awarded to the most “financially needy” college students, according to a new report (“ Window of Opportunity: Targeting Federal Grant Aid to Students With the Lowest Incomes ”). Read More...

Filed under: Chronicle of Higher Education, college, college loans, credit crunch, EFC, expected family contribution, financial aid, grants, IHEP, Institute for Higher Education Policy, Low-Income Students, Need-Based Aid, NextStudent, Pell Grant, Pell Grants, Sen. Edward Kennedy, student loans, U.S. Senate

Kennedy to Colleges: Have Back-Up Plan for Students
21 April 08 05:34 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In a letter sent to the American Council on Education on April 15, Sen. Edward Kennedy , D-Mass., the chairman of the Senate Education Committee, urged colleges to sign up for the Department of Education’s Federal Direct Loan Program as a preventive measure Read More...

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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