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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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Shares of Corinthian Colleges Stock Take Nosedive Over Student Loan Defaults
28 August 08 06:56 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Despite an 11.5-percent boost in student enrollment and an 18.3-percent growth in revenue over the last quarter, Corinthian Colleges saw its shares tumble in afternoon NASDAQ trading on Tuesday, amid investor fears of rising defaults on the school network’s student loans. Read More...

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Proposed Bailout for Massachusetts Student Loan Authority Uncertain
15 August 08 06:42 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

A third attempt to generate liquidity for the Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority may be too little too late for some 40,000 Massachusetts college students. With proposals from both the state’s governor and treasurer fizzling out, the student loan agency is attempting to raise funds from large investors through a new public bond offering — a deal that wouldn’t be finalized until September. Read More...

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Pennsylvania Student Loan Agency to Cut Grant Aid, Offer Employee Buyouts
30 April 08 05:06 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Pennsylvania’s student-loan agency will cut college grant amounts for the 2008–09 academic year by up to $750 and will offer voluntary buyouts to some of its nonunion employees in an effort to keep the company afloat. The Pennsylvania Higher Education Read More...

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The New Financial Aid Landscape
26 April 08 12:41 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Even as the media has been drawn in recent months to the looming student loan availability crisis, many of the country’s top colleges and universities have been revamping their financial aid programs to better assist parents and students in covering their college costs. Read More...

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Financial Aid Administrators Oppose New Preferred-Lender List Rule
23 April 08 06:01 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators has asked the Department of Education to reconsider its interpretation of a new rule that requires colleges to have at least three student loan lenders that are not affiliated with each 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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Financial Industry Woes Affecting Commercial Education
10 March 08 07:02 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The current credit crisis, combined with recent legislation cutting federal subsidy payments to student loan companies that make federally guaranteed student loans, has begun to take a noticeable toll on commercial education companies. The past few months Read More...

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