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Students’ College Access to Improve, Vice President Pledges
23 April 09 04:50 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Vice President Joe Biden intends to make higher education a reality for more young people, the Associated Press reports, in part by closing the gap between families’ incomes and rising college costs. Read More...

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Students Reach Record-High Levels of Credit Card Debt
15 April 09 04:00 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

College students are piling up alarming amounts of credit card debt, according to a recent survey by student loan company Sallie Mae, which suggests that not only are more students relying on credit cards to pay for their rising college costs, but that Read More...

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College Unattainable for Undocumented Immigrants
11 March 09 05:08 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Judah Lakin spends much of his time trying to help his students prepare for college. But even if his students have what it takes to pursue a higher education, many of them are undocumented immigrants and will never step foot on a college campus because they don’t have access to federal financial aid or in-state tuition. Read More...

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Connecticut Credit Unions Begin Offering Low-Interest Student Loans
16 December 08 05:04 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

To help ensure that Connecticut students continue to have access to higher education in today’s economy, Governor M. Jodi Rell recently announced a new $17.5 million initiative that will help students obtain college loans at interest rates as low as 5.75 Read More...

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Student Loan Crunch Affected Some Private Schools, But Crisis Largely Avoided
28 October 08 01:59 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The student loan crunch that began this past spring failed to become the widespread crisis that experts predicted, according to the results of a survey by the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities . Still, the NAICU reports, some Read More...

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