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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

‘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

House Panel Moves to Regulate Private Student Loans
26 October 09 01:23 PM | Student Loan Girl | 2 Comments   

Despite strong Republican opposition and forceful lobbying from banks and business groups, the House Financial Services Committee voted on Thursday to approve the creation of a new federal Consumer Financial Protection Agency, laying the groundwork for expanded federal oversight of private student loans. Read More...

Filed under: Andrew Cuomo, Barney Frank, CFPA, college loans, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act, federal student loans, H.R. 3126, Institute for College Access and Success, Lauren Asher, NextStudent, private student loans, Spencer Bachus, Student Loan Legislation, student loans, TICAS

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

Overhaul of Student Loan System in the Works
22 June 09 08:30 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

A bill to overhaul the student loan industry may reach Congress as early as next week; education-committee chairs are working behind the scenes on a piece of legislation that would eliminate the third-party student loan system called the Federal Family Read More...

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FAFSA Discourages Students From Applying for Federal Loans
10 June 09 02:10 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

A large proportion of students who only take out non-federal private student loans to finance their education aren’t applying for federal financial aid at all, and it’s the application itself that may be culprit, a new study suggests (“ Nightmare Application Read More...

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Private Student Loans: Proceed With Caution
04 May 09 02:07 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Although the government has taken steps to bolster the federal student loan program by expanding Pell Grant awards and raising the maximum award amount of federal Stafford student loans, federal financial aid will still not be enough for many families Read More...

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Students Increasingly Choosing Private Student Loans
22 April 09 03:39 PM | Student Loan Girl | 1 Comments   

According to analysis of Department of Education data released last week, the number of college students taking out private student loans over the last five years has risen sharply. Analysis by student advocacy group The Project on Student Debt revealed Read More...

Filed under: college loans, Department of Education, FAFSA, federal financial aid, federal student loans, Free Application for Federal Student Aid, higher education, Institute for College Access and Success, Laura Asher, NextStudent, private loans at for-profit colleges and universities, private student loans, Project on Student Debt, student advocacy groups

Despite Down Economy, College Student Aid Still Thriving
23 March 09 05:18 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In economic downturns, colleges and universities become flooded with students of all ages looking to better prepare themselves for an increasingly competitive job market. But these schools haven’t been immune to the effects of today’s recession. Fortunately, for every recent economic downturn in higher education there’s also been a tangible upside. Read More...

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Citing the Economy, Students Transfer from Private to Public Schools
09 March 09 03:29 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Public colleges and universities are experiencing a greater influx of transfer applications from private school students as the flagging economy heightens students’ concerns about their ability to pay for college, Bloomberg reports (“Rutgers Sees 50% Read More...

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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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Student Loan Lending Still Going Strong
12 January 09 04:34 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Despite being hampered last year by a lack of investors and a lack of access to credit, federal student loan lenders are surviving the economic crisis — making the student loan market one of the few lending industries still able to thrive this year, The Read More...

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Pastors Indicted in $4 Million Student Loan Scheme
26 November 08 04:19 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The husband-and-wife pastors of a Houston church have been indicted in a student loan scheme in which the pastors and another church leader allegedly defrauded the government of millions of dollars in student loans, according to a news release from the Read More...

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Private Student Loan Funding Dries Up for South Carolina Lender
24 November 08 03:19 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

South Carolina’s largest student loan provider — the predominate lender of private student loans for the state’s two largest college campuses, the University of South Carolina and Clemson University — has run out of money to issue new private student Read More...

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Goal Financial Reaches Agreement With New York Attorney General
06 November 08 03:53 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Alexandria, Virginia-based Goal Financial is the most recent student loan company to reach a settlement with the New York Attorney General’s office , whose investigation into the student loan industry revealed that several lenders used deceptive marketing Read More...

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