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The Plot Thickens for the Future of Student Lending
13 April 09 05:00 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

It’s “all hands on deck” for federal student loan lenders, who have made it abundantly clear that they’re not going to roll over and accept the terms of the Obama administration’s proposal to axe their Federal Family Education Loan Program in favor of the Education Department’s Direct Loan Program without a fight. Read More...

Filed under: Albert Lord, Allen Boyd, college, college loans, Congressional Budget Office, default prevention, Direct Loan Program, Education Department, Federal Family Education Loan Program, federal loan program, federal student loans, FFEL program, FFELP lenders, Florida representatives, government bailout, government loan program, NextStudent, Obama administration, Pell Grant program, private lenders, representative Timothy Bishop, Sallie Mae, Southampton College, state loan guarantee agencies, student loan companies, student loan providers, student loans, The New York Times

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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Student Loan Providers May Get Government Help for One More Year
17 September 08 05:08 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

With problems in the credit markets continuing to plague student loan providers, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a year-long extension of the Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act , which allows the secretary of education Read More...

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Survey Shows New England Families Can Still Access Federal Student Loans, Despite Loss of Lenders
11 September 08 03:29 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

According to a regional survey of financial aid officers from 214 New England colleges and universities, students and parents have had few problems accessing federal student loans this year, but financial aid administrators have lingering doubts about Read More...

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Government’s Direct Lending Program Sees 43-Percent Increase in Volume
02 September 08 05:36 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

As cash-strapped lenders continue to drop out of the Federal Family Education Loan Program , the number of student loans originated for the 2008–09 school year through the government’s Direct Loan Program has increased by 43 percent, reports The Chronicle Read More...

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Two Purdue University Campuses Make the Switch to Direct Lending
20 May 08 09:35 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Beginning this fall, Purdue University’s West Lafayette and North Central campuses will become direct lending schools. According to a press release issued by Purdue , the two campuses will offer federal student loans only through the U.S. Department of Read More...

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