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Number of Students Applying for Federal Financial Aid Goes Up Almost 20%
12 August 08 04:21 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

While college enrollment is only expected to grow by 300,000 students this year, some 1.3 million additional college students have already applied for federal financial aid — an increase of 17 percent, according to an article in U.S. News World Report Read More...

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Back from Surgery, Kennedy Calls On Community Colleges to Switch to Direct Lending
17 June 08 11:11 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Sen. Edward Kennedy , D-Mass., sent a letter Monday to the American Association of Community Colleges , urging its members to enroll in the government’s Direct Loan Program in order to ensure community college students have access to student loans for 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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