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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

Availability of Federal Perkins Student Loans Is Dwindling
13 April 08 10:28 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

A growing shortage of funds in the federal Perkins student loan program could affect as many as 50,000 students in the upcoming academic year, according to a recent article in U.S. News & World Report . Students who would have been eligible to receive Read More...

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Hope On The Horizon: Student Debt Relief Act in Senate
24 January 07 08:47 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

I have posted blogs in the past several weeks regarding states that are implementing college financial aid programs at the community college or public college level, making education an affordable reality for lower-income students. Just yesterday a major Read More...

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