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Paying for College Gets More Challenging For Families
22 October 08 05:42 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Paying for college definitely isn’t getting any easier. “It just seems like it’s really hard, because it is,” says Diana Jacobs, a mother of twin, college seniors, whose husband recently lost his job, forcing the family to go from borrowing modestly to 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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