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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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Concerns About Access to Student Loans Persist, Study Finds
24 July 08 11:42 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Some financial aid administrators have lingering concerns that students may not be able to get the student loans they need to pay for college this year despite recently passed federal legislation designed to improve students’ access to those loans, according Read More...

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Proposed Legislation Would Prevent Student Loan Lenders from ‘Cherry-Picking’ Schools They Lend To
19 June 08 06:14 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

To ensure all students have access to student loans regardless of what type of school they attend, two Democratic senators introduced legislation Tuesday that would prohibit banks and other lenders from “picking and choosing” which institutions of higher Read More...

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