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Nonprofit Lenders Hurt by Legislation Intended to Help Them
01 August 08 06:53 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

As lenders continue to scale back or suspend their student loan programs amid a troubled economy and now-unprofitable federal education loans, newer legislation designed to help struggling lenders — nonprofit student loan providers in particular — may be doing more harm than good. Read More...

Filed under: Chronicle of Higher Education, College Cost Reduction and Access Act, college loans, credit crisis, Department of Educaiton, Education Finance Council, EFC, Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act, federal student loans, financial aid, Interest Rates, National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs, NCHELP, NextStudent, Paul Basken, Peter Warren, Shelly Repp, Stafford Loans, student loan availability, student loans, subprime mortgage crisis

Nursing, Teaching, Law Enforcement, Professions Losing Student Loan Incentives
13 June 08 10:30 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

College graduates preparing to enter critical fields like nursing and teaching may no longer be able to take advantage of programs that previously offered them a break on their student loans. In at least six states this year, state-affiliated lenders Read More...

Filed under: college loans, Education Finance Council, EFC, Federal Student Loan Program, Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority, Krista Cole, MHESLA, Michigan Higher Education Student Loan Authority, Mike Reiber, Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority, MOHELA, New Hampshire Higher Education Loan Corp., NextStudent, NHHELCO, nursing student loans, Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, PHEAA, student loan benefits, student loan lenders, student loan providers, student loans, teaching student loans, The Iowa Student Loan Liquidity Corp.

Stanford School of Medicine Won't Follow Harvard's or Yale's Financial Aid Initiatives
10 May 08 11:04 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Students at the Stanford School of Medicine will not be offered the same type of tuition breaks students attending rival medical schools Harvard and Yale will see next year. Harvard Medical School and the Yale School of Medicine recently announced they Read More...

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Lowest-Income Students Need More Pell Aid, Authors of New Report Find
05 May 08 04:35 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

To help low-income students attend college, larger Pell Grants should be awarded to the most “financially needy” college students, according to a new report (“ Window of Opportunity: Targeting Federal Grant Aid to Students With the Lowest Incomes ”). Read More...

Filed under: Chronicle of Higher Education, college, college loans, credit crunch, EFC, expected family contribution, financial aid, grants, IHEP, Institute for Higher Education Policy, Low-Income Students, Need-Based Aid, NextStudent, Pell Grant, Pell Grants, Sen. Edward Kennedy, student loans, U.S. Senate

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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