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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

Students Left Holding the Bag as Loan Forgiveness Programs Vanish
03 June 09 03:30 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

College graduates who were lured into high-need fields, including teaching, nursing, and public service, by programs that would forgive a portion or all of their student loans are receiving this sobering news: The cavalry isn’t coming after all. These Read More...

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Debt Collection Agency Adding Hundreds of Jobs
18 November 08 10:21 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Premiere Credit of North America , a debt collection agency based in Indianapolis, is a bit of an anomaly in today’s down economy — it is thriving at a time when many businesses are cutting back their workforces and many debt collection agencies are losing Read More...

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Davidson College Sees Positive Results After Eliminating Student Loans
09 July 08 08:44 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Princeton was the first university to completely eliminate student loans from its financial aid packages in 2001, and Harvard’s announcement to follow in Princeton’s footsteps this fall garnered national media attention as no-loan financial aid policies began to turn up across the Ivy League and at other elite schools nationwide. But it’s small, selective, liberal arts Davidson College in North Carolina that’s already seeing results after getting a head start over the rest of the Ivies by doing away with student loans last year. Read More...

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The New Financial Aid Landscape
26 April 08 12:41 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Even as the media has been drawn in recent months to the looming student loan availability crisis, many of the country’s top colleges and universities have been revamping their financial aid programs to better assist parents and students in covering their college costs. Read More...

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Tufts University to Help Graduates in Public-Service Repay Student Loans
24 April 08 10:31 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Under a new student loan repayment program offered by Tufts University , graduates and undergraduates from the school who pursue jobs in public service could have a portion of their student loans forgiven. Tufts alumni from any graduating class who choose Read More...

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