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Stimulus Funds Give Oregon Pell-Grant Recipients a Boost
07 April 09 11:54 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Funding from President Obama’s stimulus plan will soon reach Oregon college students in the form of almost $280 million in Pell Grant funds, a 41-percent jump over the previous year. Read More...

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Aid Administrators to Lawmakers: “Don’t Kill Guaranteed Student Loans”
24 March 09 05:02 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Just as Congress is about to vote on President Obama’s plan to end the government’s Federal Family Education Loan Program, through which families get their student loans from private third-party lenders, a lender advocacy group is urging lawmakers to consider an alternative to the president’s proposal. Read More...

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More Schools Offering Direct Student Loans
13 March 09 02:25 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The direct student loan program — which President Obama wants to establish as the sole provider of federal student loans by 2010 — is swiftly gaining ground on the Federal Family Education Loan Program. Read More...

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74% of Sallie Mae Loans Could Disappear Under Obama Plan
12 March 09 12:21 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Sallie Mae — the largest provider of college student loans in the country — may ultimately see three quarters of its student loan business evaporate under a plan by President Obama that would end government subsidies to third-party lenders and establish the federal government as the sole provider of federal student loans. Read More...

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Minnesota College Students May Miss Out on Pell Grant Increase
05 March 09 01:48 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In spite of an increase to the maximum federal Pell Grant award of more than $800 — mandated by President Obama’s stimulus plan — Minnesota college students may not receive a single percent increase in funds due to the way the state distributes its Pell Read More...

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Tens of Thousands of College Work-Study Students to Benefit From Stimulus
24 February 09 03:08 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

An additional 130,000 college work-study students may have jobs next year thanks to the economic-stimulus bill that President Obama just signed into law which allocates approximately $200 million in new funding for Federal Work-Study Programs , reports Read More...

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