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Older Students May Still Be Eligible for Student Loans
By Jeff Mictabor · 14 years ago
Not every student arrives at college fresh out of high school. A growing number of students over the age of 25 are returning to the college classroom or enrolling at a college or university for ...
House Passes Bill on Deceased Students’ Private Student Loans
By Jeff Mictabor · 14 years ago
The U.S. House of Representatives on Sept. 28 passed the Christopher Bryski Student Loan Protection Act (H.R. 5458), which would require lenders that issue private student loans to provide additional information to co-signers about their ...
GAO Report: Federal Website for Private Student Loans May Be Unneeded
By Jeff Mictabor · 14 years ago
A report issued on September 29 by the Government Accountability Office has concluded that a Congressionally ordered federal Web-based tool to help college students compare terms and lenders for federal and private student loans may ...
When It Comes to Student Loans, Forget Everything You Knew
By Jeff Mictabor · 14 years ago
As you get your children ready for the college admissions process, you may be wondering what all the financial aid fuss is about. After all, when you attended school, you don’t remember student loans being ...
New Tools Help Families Find Private Student Loans, Estimate Financial Aid
By Jeff Mictabor · 14 years ago
Determining the cost of attending college is about to get easier. Thanks in part to federal legislation passed in 2008, students will soon have access to a new set of online tools that can help ...
Rising Default Rates on Student Loans Stir Concerns
By Jeff Mictabor · 14 years ago
New data from the U.S. Department of Education show that 2008 was a bad year to graduate from college in terms of student loan defaults. According to the Education Department, 7 percent of the class ...
Citigroup Sells Student Loans Subsidiary to Sallie Mae, Discover
By Jeff Mictabor · 14 years ago
On September 17, Citi Holdings, a division of Citigroup Inc., announced the sale of the indirect subsidiary The Student Loan Corp. (SLC) to Sallie Mae and Discover Financial Services.
As part of the transaction, the ...
Record Number of College Graduates Defaulting on Student Loans
By Jeff Mictabor · 14 years ago
As college costs continue to rise, so does the number of students taking out student loans: Nearly two-thirds of students attending four-year schools now graduate with debt from student loans. Over the past decade, student ...
Student Associations Lobby for Bill to Revamp Student Loans
By Jeff Mictabor · 14 years ago
Student governments and organizations at colleges and universities nationwide are pushing lawmakers to pass legislation that supporters say will make acquiring a higher education more accessible and affordable.
The legislative measure, known as the Student ...