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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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Students’ College Access to Improve, Vice President Pledges
23 April 09 04:50 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Vice President Joe Biden intends to make higher education a reality for more young people, the Associated Press reports, in part by closing the gap between families’ incomes and rising college costs. Read More...

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More Schools Offering Direct Student Loans
13 March 09 02:25 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The direct student loan program — which President Obama wants to establish as the sole provider of federal student loans by 2010 — is swiftly gaining ground on the Federal Family Education Loan Program. 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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President Bush Signs Legislation That Boosts Availability of Student Loans
08 May 08 09:15 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

On May 7, President George Bush signed into law legislation intended to help stabilize the $85-billion student loan industry and to avert a predicted shortage in student loans. The law will allow the U.S. Department of Education to buy bundled student Read More...

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Senator Calls on Fed, Treasury to Ensure Families Can Get Student Loans
17 April 08 07:16 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd , D-Conn., called on the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve on Tuesday to help prevent a collapse of the student loan market, another financial sector hampered by the Read More...

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