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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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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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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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Arkansas Offers State Student Loan Agency $80M Line of Credit
24 April 08 04:53 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The Arkansas state student loan authority has been tentatively approved for an $80 million loan after an announcement that it may not be able to continue issuing student loans without financial assistance. The state board of finance, the investment arm Read More...

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