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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...

Filed under: Associated Press, College Board, college endowments, college financial aid system, college financing, college funding sources, college grants, college loans, college savings accounts, community college costs, Duke University, Education Department, federal grants, federal student aid, federal student loans, FinAid, financial aid, financial aid offers, Harvard University, home equity loans, Institute for College Access and Success, Lauren Asher, NextStudent, private student loan lenders, private student loans, Stafford student loans, stimulus package, student loan lending criteria, student loans, third party student loan lenders, tuition increases, U.S. Department of Education, unsubsidized student loans, work study programs, Yale University

Kentucky Set to Buy $50 Million Bond So Students Can Get College Loans
18 August 08 03:57 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

To ensure that Kentucky students get the money they need to pay for school, Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has authorized the state to buy a $50 million bond from the state’s student loan agency just before fall classes get underway, reports the Lexington Read More...

Filed under: bond sale, bridge financing, bridge loan, cash-strapped lenders, college loans, Education Department, Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act, financial aid, H.R. 5715, Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority, Kentucky Post, Kentucky students, Lexington Herald-Leader, Massachusetts, MEFA, NextStudent, private placement bond, state student loan agency, Steve Beshear, Student Loan People, student loans, U.S. Department of Education

Number of Students Applying for Federal Financial Aid Goes Up Almost 20%
12 August 08 04:21 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

While college enrollment is only expected to grow by 300,000 students this year, some 1.3 million additional college students have already applied for federal financial aid — an increase of 17 percent, according to an article in U.S. News World Report Read More...

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Sex Offenders May Lose Pell Grant Eligibility Under Revised Higher Education Act
04 August 08 04:49 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Starting July 1, 2009, sex offenders confined in treatment centers throughout the country may no longer be eligible to receive need-based federal Pell Grants , under a new provision of the reauthorized Higher Education Act, according to an article in Read More...

Filed under: ACLU, American Civil Liberties Union, AP, Associated Press, college loans, Congress, financial aid, grant aid, higher education, Michael Macleod-Ball, NextStudent, Pell Grants, President Bush, Ric Keller, sex offenders, Stephanie Babyak, student loans, U.S. Department of Education

Proposed Legislation Would Prevent Student Loan Lenders from ‘Cherry-Picking’ Schools They Lend To
19 June 08 06:14 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

To ensure all students have access to student loans regardless of what type of school they attend, two Democratic senators introduced legislation Tuesday that would prohibit banks and other lenders from “picking and choosing” which institutions of higher Read More...

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Financial Aid Officers on the Take?
15 March 07 09:56 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Definitely not, but that is the implied accusation from the U.S. Department of Education regarding its intentions to toughen lender oversight policies, according to a March 13, 2007 article by Doug Lederman titled “Change of Heart on Lender Oversight” Read More...

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