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Student Loan Providers May Get Government Help for One More Year
17 September 08 05:08 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

With problems in the credit markets continuing to plague student loan providers, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a year-long extension of the Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act , which allows the secretary of education Read More...

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Governor Asks Pension Board, State’s Colleges to Help Keep Massachusetts Student Loan Provider Afloat
07 August 08 01:46 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

A week after the cash-strapped Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority announced that its 40,000 borrowers would have to find a new private student loan provider , Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has asked the Massachusetts pension fund to invest Read More...

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Penn State’s Switch to Direct Loan Program Underway, So Far So Good
11 July 08 04:43 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Pennsylvania State University said its transition over to the federal Direct Loan Program is going “smoothly.” Already about 3,000 borrowers have taken out $5 million in student loans under the new program this summer, according to an article in The Daily Read More...

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