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Federal Student Loan Lenders Fight for Survival
30 March 09 04:52 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

In what is being viewed as a direct hit to private third-party lenders in the Federal Family Education Loan Program who are fighting to keep the program alive, the U.S. Department of Education’s preliminary data paints the FFEL program as a costly and Read More...

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Univ. of Phoenix Accused of Manipulating Its Default Rate
14 January 09 04:39 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Three former University of Phoenix students are suing the for-profit higher education giant for using a questionable loan repayment practice that skews the university’s default rate and takes away federal student loan repayment options from students who Read More...

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Student Loan Default Rates In Nevada Rank Among Top In Nation
08 December 08 04:55 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

After ranking number one in the nation for student loan defaults for the last four years, Nevada managed to come in fifth this year with a 7.4-percent default rate based on the Education Department ’s data for borrowers who began repaying their loans Read More...

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