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Wyoming’s Largest Student Lender to Stop Making Student Loans
02 November 09 08:02 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The largest student loan lender in Wyoming, the nonprofit Wyoming Student Loan Corp., also known as WyoLoan, has announced that it will no longer be issuing any new parent or student loans beginning April 1, 2010. Read More...

Filed under: college loans, Federal Direct Loan Program, Federal Family Education Loan Program, federal student aid, federal student loans, FFELP, financial aid, H.R. 3221, NextStudent, Phil Van Horn, private student loans, SAFRA, Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, Student Loan Legislation, student loans, WyoLoan, Wyoming Student Loan Corporation

$1M Awarded to Unnamed Whistleblowers in Federal Student Aid Suit
24 April 09 02:22 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Alta Colleges, operating 17 campuses in six states, recently settled a lawsuit involving student-aid fraud allegations and has agreed to pay the federal government $7 million. Read More...

Filed under: Alta Colleges, Andrew Mytelka, college, college financial aid, college loans, Denver, false claim, False Claims Act, federal government, federal student aid, financial aid, George Burnett, graduates, Graduation, interior design, interior design industry, interior design program, job placement reporting, jobs, licensing requirements, misrepresentation, NextStudent, paying for college, state license, student aid fraud, student loans, Students, The Associated Press, The Chronicle of Higher Education, tuition, Westwood Colleges, whistleblowers

Note to Families: Financial Aid More Competitive, But Not Out of Reach
26 January 09 05:09 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

With more families applying for financial aid — applications are already up 10 percent above last year’s record — and lending for private student loans drying up, families’ ability to find available financial aid is becoming more difficult, reports the Read More...

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For-Profit Colleges Face Expulsion from Federal Student Aid Program for Awarding Too Much Aid
25 July 08 11:50 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Under new federal legislation, many students at for-profit institutions have seen the amount of their Pell and federal student loan awards increase and a larger number these students have been able to cover all their college costs with just these two Read More...

Filed under: Chronicle of Higher Education, college, college aid, college financial aid, College Tuition, current legislation session, federal student aid, financial aid, Goldie Blumenstyk, Higher Education Act, Higher Education Act Reauthorization, NextStudent, Pell Grant, Student Aid, student loan, student loans, tuition

U.S. Education Department’s Official on Accreditation Leaves Job
29 January 07 10:06 PM | Student Loan Girl | 7 Comments   

According to a Jan. 29, 2007 article titled “ U.S. Accreditation Official Out of a Job” written by Doug Lederman that appeared in Inside Higher Ed , John W. Barth, the director of accreditation and state liaison at the Department of Education, has transferred Read More...

Filed under: accreditation, College Funding, Consolidation, Department of Education, federal student aid, financial aid, Next Student, NextStudent, student loan consolidation, student loans

U.S. Rep. Ruben E. Hinojosa, D-Texas, to Lead U.S. House’s Higher-Education Panel
23 January 07 04:13 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

According to an article titled “Texas Democrat Will Lead U.S. House’s Higher-Education Panel,” written by Kelly Field that appeared in the Jan. 19, 2006 edition of The Chronicle of Higher Education , “one of the chief Congressional champions of higher-education Read More...

Filed under: College Funding, Consolidation, federal student aid, financial aid, higher education, Higher Education Act, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, Next Student, NextStudent, student loan consolidation, student loans

Give Yourself the Best Shot at Federal Student Aid: Submit FAFSA Soon After Jan. 1
11 December 06 08:36 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Students are winding down their winter term and starting to breathe a little easier knowing that finals soon will be out of the way. Early January marks the beginning of a new term as students return to college after the holidays. Jan. 1, 2007 is an extremely Read More...

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