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Massachusetts College Students Lose Funding Source for Student Loans
29 July 08 01:41 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

For the first time in its nearly 30-year history, The Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority won’t be offering student loans this fall to the 40,000 borrowers it serves, according to an article in The New York Times (“ Agency in Massachusetts Is Read More...

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Study Abroad Charges Challenged in Lawsuit
03 March 08 02:04 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

How much college students are required to pay for their study-abroad programs could hang in the balance of a recent lawsuit brought by a father against his daughter’s school. The suit, reported by Karin Fischer in The Chronicle of Higher Education , challenges Read More...

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