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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...

Filed under: bond issues, bond offerings, bonds, Boston Globe, college, college loans, credit crisis, credit crunch, Cyndi Roy, Deval Patrick, economic downturn, economy, financial aid, HESAA, Higher Education Student Assistance Authority, Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority, MEFA, NextStudent, paying for college, private student loans, student loan crisis, student loans, subprime mortgage crisis, subprime mortgage crisis fallout, Timothy Cahill, tuition

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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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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