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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...

Filed under: Christopher Dodd, Citibank, college loans, Community Colleges, default rates, Edward Kennedy, Federal Family Education Loan Program, FFELP, FFELP lenders, financial aid, higher education, Jonathan D. Glater, JPMorgan Chase, Low-Income Students, NextStudent, Patty Murray, PNC, selective lending, Senate Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions, student loan crisis, student loans, SunTrust, The New York Times, two-year schools, U.S. Department of Education, universal college loans

Banks Become More Selective, Leaving Some Colleges Without Student Loans
02 June 08 05:49 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Students at community colleges, for-profit universities, and other less competitive institutions may soon have trouble finding a lender willing to offer them federal student loans. Citibank, JP Morgan Chase, PNC, and SunTrust are no longer offering student loans to certain colleges — schools that the banks have determined tend toward higher default rates, fewer borrowers, and small loan amounts that make business less profitable. Read More...

Filed under: Citibank, College Board, college loans, community college, federal student loans, financial aid, Jonathan D. Glater, JPMorgan Chase, Nelnet, New York Times, NextStudent, Perkins loans, PLUS Loans, PNC, private student loans, Sallie Mae, SLC, Stafford Loans, student debt, Student Loan Corporation, student loan lenders, student loans, SunTrust, tuition, Wells Fargo, William Jessup University

Harvard’s Aid to Middle-Class Families a Signal for Change
03 January 08 03:03 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In December Harvard University announced it would begin offering increased financial aid to students of middle and upper-middle class families. Those families earning between $120,000 and $180,000 will only have to pay about 10 percent of their income, Read More...

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