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Students Left Holding the Bag as Loan Forgiveness Programs Vanish
03 June 09 03:30 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

College graduates who were lured into high-need fields, including teaching, nursing, and public service, by programs that would forgive a portion or all of their student loans are receiving this sobering news: The cavalry isn’t coming after all. These Read More...

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Groups Say Forgiving Student Loan Debt Would Boost Economy
25 March 09 05:16 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

As student loan debt continues to rise — jumping to $20,098 per graduating student loan borrower in 2007 from $18,796 in 2006 — and employment prospects continue to worsen, college graduates are experiencing greater difficulty repaying their student loans, Read More...

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Aid Administrators to Lawmakers: “Don’t Kill Guaranteed Student Loans”
24 March 09 05:02 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Just as Congress is about to vote on President Obama’s plan to end the government’s Federal Family Education Loan Program, through which families get their student loans from private third-party lenders, a lender advocacy group is urging lawmakers to consider an alternative to the president’s proposal. Read More...

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Senate Bill to Pay Off Student Loans for Montana Graduates
17 February 09 01:21 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

A new bill facing the Montana Senate would give college graduates an incentive to seek employment in the state by creating a tax credit program for employers who help pay off a portion of graduates’ student loans, reports the Montana Kaimin (“ Senate Read More...

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College Student Finance Guru Blogs His Way to Book Deal
06 January 09 02:04 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Zac Bissonnette is living the blogger’s dream, getting paid to write for TheDailyBeast.com and AOL’s WalletPop.com , and now landing a book deal that may be just the ticket for helping him weather a dismal job market in one of the worst recessions in Read More...

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Debt Collection Agency Adding Hundreds of Jobs
18 November 08 10:21 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Premiere Credit of North America , a debt collection agency based in Indianapolis, is a bit of an anomaly in today’s down economy — it is thriving at a time when many businesses are cutting back their workforces and many debt collection agencies are losing Read More...

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Davidson College Sees Positive Results After Eliminating Student Loans
09 July 08 08:44 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Princeton was the first university to completely eliminate student loans from its financial aid packages in 2001, and Harvard’s announcement to follow in Princeton’s footsteps this fall garnered national media attention as no-loan financial aid policies began to turn up across the Ivy League and at other elite schools nationwide. But it’s small, selective, liberal arts Davidson College in North Carolina that’s already seeing results after getting a head start over the rest of the Ivies by doing away with student loans last year. 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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Tufts University to Help Graduates in Public-Service Repay Student Loans
24 April 08 10:31 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Under a new student loan repayment program offered by Tufts University , graduates and undergraduates from the school who pursue jobs in public service could have a portion of their student loans forgiven. Tufts alumni from any graduating class who choose Read More...

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Student Loan Debt Is on the Rise, and College Grads Face Growing Financial Obstacles
04 November 07 08:10 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Money. Some of us have it. Some of us need more of it. Particularly recent college grads transitioning from their campus to the workspace, from having student loans available that help pay their living expenses to having to make it on their own—all while Read More...

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