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Defaulted Student Loans Stuck in Credit-Freeze Induced Limbo
10 February 09 11:52 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Thousands of student loan borrowers who have defaulted on their student loans — including 15,000 additional borrowers each month — are being forced to remain in default despite their efforts to bring their loans back into good standing, The Chronicle Read More...

Filed under: American Student Assistance, college loans, Congressional spending bill, credit crisis, credit freeze, Deanne Loonin, Department of Education, goverment bailout authority, government bailout program, government purchase program, government spending bill, Judy Ellis, Massachusetts student loan guarantor, Michael Ryan, National Consumer Law Center, National Council of Higher Educatiton Loan Programs, NextStudent, rehabilitated student loans, student loan borrowers, student loan defaults, student loan guarantor agencies, student loan guarantors, student loan market, student loan rehabilitation, student loans, SunTrust, Timothy Fitzgibbon

Ohio State Commits to Helping Students in Financial Turmoil
23 December 08 05:30 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The largest university in the nation, Ohio State University , has taken steps to ensure that its students who rely on financial aid will still be able to complete their degree program in spite of the economic recession, the school announced in a press Read More...

Filed under: college loans, credit crisis, E. Gordon Gee, economic crisis, financial aid, NextStudent, Ohio State University, OSU, private student loans, recession, Scholarships, short-term student loans, student loan crisis, student loans, Students First

In Declining Economy, Student Loans May Be More Difficult to Secure
04 November 08 03:27 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Students are finding it increasingly challenging to find the money they need to pay for college as the credit crisis continues to hamper student loan providers’ ability to fund new loans, reports MustangDaily.net, the college newspaper of California Polytechnic Read More...

Filed under: California Polytechnic State University, college, college financial aid, college loans, credit crisis, Doug Lederma, economy, financial aid, Lois Kelly, MustangDaily.net, NAICU, NAICU Follow-up Survey on the Impact of the Credit Crunch on Student Loans at Independent Colleges and Universities, National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, NextStudent, paying for college, Scott Silvey, student loan credit crisis, student loans, tuition

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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Struggling Colleges’ Predicted Dilemma: Merge or Close Up Shop
26 August 08 03:58 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Over the next few years, more small, private colleges may be faced with the decision to either merge with another school or close their doors as rising energy costs, increased competition for students, and the lingering credit crisis eat away at these 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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Governor Launches Website to Help Massachusetts Families Find Student Loans
07 August 08 04:32 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has set up a financial assistance website to help the 40,000 families who were previously served by the Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority to find a new student loan provider for the 2008–09 academic year, following Read More...

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Community Banks May Be an Option for Families Looking to Weather Student Loan Crunch
06 August 08 06:17 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Although the turmoil in the nation’s credit markets has forced student loan providers, including some big banks, to stop offering federal and private student loans, these lenders’ financial troubles may provide the opening community banks need to get Read More...

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Nonprofit Lenders Hurt by Legislation Intended to Help Them
01 August 08 06:53 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

As lenders continue to scale back or suspend their student loan programs amid a troubled economy and now-unprofitable federal education loans, newer legislation designed to help struggling lenders — nonprofit student loan providers in particular — may be doing more harm than good. Read More...

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President Bush Signs Legislation That Boosts Availability of Student Loans
08 May 08 09:15 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

On May 7, President George Bush signed into law legislation intended to help stabilize the $85-billion student loan industry and to avert a predicted shortage in student loans. The law will allow the U.S. Department of Education to buy bundled student 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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