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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

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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Senate Bill to Pay Off Student Loans for Montana Graduates
17 February 09 01:21 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

A new bill facing the Montana Senate would give college graduates an incentive to seek employment in the state by creating a tax credit program for employers who help pay off a portion of graduates’ student loans, reports the Montana Kaimin (“ Senate Read More...

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College Student Finance Guru Blogs His Way to Book Deal
06 January 09 02:04 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Zac Bissonnette is living the blogger’s dream, getting paid to write for TheDailyBeast.com and AOL’s WalletPop.com , and now landing a book deal that may be just the ticket for helping him weather a dismal job market in one of the worst recessions in Read More...

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Vanderbilt Replacing Need-Based Student Loans With Grants, Scholarships
01 October 08 02:23 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Undergraduates at Vanderbilt University who qualify for need-based student loans could see a significant drop in their student loan debt, from an average of $21,000 to as little as $5,000, as the university moves to eliminate these loans, replacing them Read More...

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State Higher Education Commission Urges Indiana Schools to Graduate 10,000 More Students a Year
10 September 08 01:58 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

A new plan unveiled Monday by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education calls for the state-supported colleges and universities in Indiana to graduate 10,000 more students with bachelor’s degrees each year — an increase of 33 percent — and to graduate 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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Community Colleges Want to Control How Much Certain Students Can Borrow in Student Loans
20 June 08 04:54 PM | Student Loan Girl | 1 Comments   

Concerned that some students at two-year schools may borrow more in federal student loans than they can afford to repay, community college officials want the federal government to give community colleges control over how much their students can borrow 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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Student Loan Debt Is on the Rise, and College Grads Face Growing Financial Obstacles
04 November 07 08:10 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Money. Some of us have it. Some of us need more of it. Particularly recent college grads transitioning from their campus to the workspace, from having student loans available that help pay their living expenses to having to make it on their own—all while Read More...

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