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Government’s Direct Lending Program Sees 43-Percent Increase in Volume
02 September 08 05:36 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

As cash-strapped lenders continue to drop out of the Federal Family Education Loan Program , the number of student loans originated for the 2008–09 school year through the government’s Direct Loan Program has increased by 43 percent, reports The Chronicle Read More...

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Kentucky Lender Puts Brakes on Student Loans to New Borrowers
21 April 08 02:50 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Citing ongoing fallout from the national capital market crisis, Kentucky officials announced the state’s student loan agency will stop making student loans to first-time borrowers beginning May 1 until it can secure additional financing, according to Read More...

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Bank of America Backs Out of Private Student Loan Business
19 April 08 02:03 PM | Student Loan Girl | 1 Comments   

On April 17, Bank of America Corp. notified student-loan packager First Marblehead Corp. that it would no longer offer private student loans, focusing instead on providing federal student loans. Bank of America’s announcement comes amid increasing unsteadiness Read More...

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Credit Unions Offer Themselves as Partial Solution to Looming Student Loan Crisis
12 April 08 11:19 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In the last six months alone, since legislators eliminated over $21 billion in subsidies to student loan lenders in the Federal Family Education Loan Program, at least 44 FFELP lenders have stopped originating federal student loans. This exodus of lenders Read More...

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