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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

SEC Investigates University of Phoenix Owner, Apollo Group
29 October 09 12:03 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Apollo Group Inc., the parent company of the University of Phoenix, the largest for-profit college in the country, announced on Tuesday that the Securities and Exchange Commission has launched an “informal inquiry” into the company’s revenue accounting practices for the second time this year. Read More...

Filed under: Apollo Group, Brian Swartz, Chas Edelstein, Citron Research, college loans, David Seide, financial aid, for-profit colleges, GAO, Government Accountability Office, NextStudent, private student loans, proprietary colleges, Robert Wetenhall, Sally Stroup, SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission, Signal Hill Capital Group, student loan debt, student loan defaults, student loan lawsuits, student loans, Trace Urdan, University of Phoenix

‘Gap Loans’ at For-Profit Colleges Escape Proposed Legislation
27 October 09 12:47 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

While acting last Thursday to approve the creation of a Consumer Financial Protection Agency, which will expand federal oversight of private student loans, a Congressional panel at the same time voted to reject a proposal that would have included school-sponsored “gap loans” under the authority of the new CFPA. Read More...

Filed under: Barney Frank, Career Education Corporation, college loans, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act, Corinthian Colleges, Deanne Loonin, Education Sector, federal student loans, FinAid, FinAid.org, financial aid, for-profit colleges, gap financing, gap funding, gap loans, H.R. 3126, H.R. 4137, Higher Education Act, Higher Education Act Reauthorization, Higher Education Opportunity Act, Institute for College Access and Success, ITT Tech, Jeff Silber, Justin Pope, Lauren Asher, Mark Kantrowitz, Maxine Waters, National Consumer Law Center, NextStudent, private student loans, proprietary colleges, student loan defaults, student loan lawsuits, Student Loan Legislation, student loans, TICAS, TILA, Truth in Lending Act, Westwood Colleges

Cost of College Continues to Climb, Even in a Recession
21 October 09 01:14 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Even as the recession has depressed consumer prices and the cost of living has fallen over the last year, college tuition rose in 2009, with the largest percentage increases coming at community colleges and public four-year schools — the mounting expense of an education revealed in the College Board’s latest reports on financial aid and the cost of college, released yesterday. Read More...

Filed under: College Board, college loans, federal student loans, financial aid, higher education, National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, NextStudent, Patrick Callan, private student loans, Sandy Baum, student loans, Trends in College Pricing, Trends in Student Aid

Report: High Scorers May Benefit Most From Standardized Test Preparation
27 May 09 01:35 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Students who receive above-average scores on standardized college admissions tests, such as the SAT, may benefit the most from commercial test preparation services, according to new report from the National Association for College Admission Counseling, although the benefits of such test preparation may not outweigh the costs for many families. Read More...

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Ohio Schools Prep for No-Cost College Education Program for Vets
19 May 09 03:53 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Last summer Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland offered American military veterans worldwide a no-cost education at any of Ohio’s public colleges. The state has just now finished tallying its number of veteran students in preparation for the program’s Aug. 1, 2009 start date, the same day the new GI Bill goes into effect. Read More...

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$17,000 Obama Scholarship to Be Awarded to 1,600 Arizona Students
15 May 09 02:01 PM | Student Loan Girl | 2 Comments   

Arizona State University officials have decided to rename the school’s largest financial aid program after President Barack Obama in honor of his commencement address to ASU’s 2009 graduating class. Read More...

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After 86% Tuition Increase, Texas Senate Says “Enough Is Enough”
14 May 09 12:09 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The Texas Senate has voted to limit future tuition hikes, including a 5–percent yearly cap for the largest universities in the state, after seeing the state’s 35 public universities increase tuition and fees 86 percent since 2003. Read More...

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Attention Freshmen and Transfer Students: Colleges Still Have Openings
07 May 09 03:25 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Almost 260 colleges and universities around the country still have openings for students, and most of these schools still have ample financial aid available. Read More...

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University of Michigan Not Going Private, President Says
05 May 09 05:28 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman has stepped forward to set the record straight with TIME magazine after an article in the publication began circulating rumors about the university being forced to privatize due to state budget constraints. Read More...

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‘Swine Flu’ Causes Colleges to Cancel Study Abroad Programs
01 May 09 03:29 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Although the swine flu virus (H1N1) hasn’t hit most U.S. college campuses, college health officials are starting to take precautions, including cancelling study abroad programs in Mexico. Read More...

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Student Records at Texas Women’s University Compromised
30 April 09 01:05 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

After discovering an online loophole that allowed him to access student records, Texas Women’s University student Josh Ingram thought he could use the loophole to change the recorded grades of any student he wanted. Read More...

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Colleges Receive $70 Million in Anonymous Donations
29 April 09 03:21 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

An anonymous donor is playing secret Santa with at least a dozen colleges and universities nationwide, but instead of giving $5 trinkets this Santa has left schools with $1 million to $10 million gifts, The New York Times reports ( “Anonymous Donor Gives Read More...

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Top-Performing Students Denied State Scholarship Funds
27 April 09 04:02 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Some 1,500 Georgia high school students will not receive the state scholarship funds they were promised for becoming valedictorians or for graduating in the top of their class, The Associated Press reports (“ Georgia Scholarships to End for 1,500 Students Read More...

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$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...

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