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Note to Families: Financial Aid More Competitive, But Not Out of Reach
26 January 09 05:09 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

With more families applying for financial aid — applications are already up 10 percent above last year’s record — and lending for private student loans drying up, families’ ability to find available financial aid is becoming more difficult, reports the Read More...

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Private Student Loan Funding Dries Up for South Carolina Lender
24 November 08 03:19 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

South Carolina’s largest student loan provider — the predominate lender of private student loans for the state’s two largest college campuses, the University of South Carolina and Clemson University — has run out of money to issue new private student Read More...

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Missouri Loan Forgiveness Program to Erase More Than $400,000 in Student Loans
20 October 08 05:08 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

As part of a statewide effort to support education in math and science, the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority has agreed to forgive nearly $444,000 in student loans for almost 300 engineering and pre-engineering college students (“ MOHELA Forgives 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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Penn State’s Switch to Direct Loan Program Underway, So Far So Good
11 July 08 04:43 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Pennsylvania State University said its transition over to the federal Direct Loan Program is going “smoothly.” Already about 3,000 borrowers have taken out $5 million in student loans under the new program this summer, according to an article in The Daily 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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Arkansas Offers State Student Loan Agency $80M Line of Credit
24 April 08 04:53 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The Arkansas state student loan authority has been tentatively approved for an $80 million loan after an announcement that it may not be able to continue issuing student loans without financial assistance. The state board of finance, the investment arm Read More...

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