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Posted: June 30th, 2008, 4:49pm CDT
Thousands of University of Arkansas students should be receiving paperwork in the mail, about changes to their loans. 20 lenders that worked with the students are now out of the student loan business, meaning the students will have to pick new lenders and sign new promissory notes before their loans can go through.
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Posted: June 30th, 2008, 10:41am CDT
As a record number of students heads to college this fall, Sallie Mae, the nation's leading saving- and paying-for-college company, advises families of several important changes in financial aid and student loans that may help them save money.
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Posted: June 30th, 2008, 10:41am CDT
The U.S. Department of Education has taken steps to ensure that all qualified college students have access to federal student loans for the coming school year.
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Posted: June 30th, 2008, 10:19am CDT
RESTON, Va.----As a record number of students heads to college this fall, Sallie Mae, the nation’s leading saving- and paying-for-college company, advises families of several important changes in financial aid and student loans that may help them save money.
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Posted: June 30th, 2008, 9:08am CDT
STUDENT president James Alexander is to front a new campaign for means-tested bursaries to replace student loans at Scotland’s colleges.
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Posted: June 30th, 2008, 8:13am CDT
If you're facing years of student loan payments but aren't making much money because you're working in public service, the federal government has some good news for you. A law that takes effect Tuesday could allow you to have some of your college debt forgiven. The debt-forgiveness provision of the College Cost Reduction and Access Act, enacted last fall, is designed to encourage college ...
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Posted: June 30th, 2008, 7:42am CDT
(ARA) - The credit crunch is arriving on college campuses this summer and many families who qualified for student loans last year could find themselves without loans this year if they wait until August to apply.
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Posted: June 29th, 2008, 11:26am CDT
Guernsey's operating deficit is leaving no room to stop the introduction of student loans, the island's treasury minister says.
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Posted: June 29th, 2008, 5:06am CDT
Better loans The federal government will offer lower interest rates and new borrower benefits for student loans starting Tuesday.
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Posted: June 29th, 2008, 5:05am CDT
Millions of students could find college more affordable on Tuesday, when lower interest rates on federal loans take effect.
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Posted: June 29th, 2008, 3:21am CDT
Question: My daughter will be graduating from a Ph.D. program soon. Although she will be making upwards of $90,000 upon graduation, she will have almost that much in student loans to pay off. Is it best for her to buy a home now while there are so many under-priced due to foreclosures, or to get rid of her student-loan debt first? Her only other debt is a car payment. She thinks she should pay ...
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Posted: June 29th, 2008, 1:21am CDT
(ARA) - The credit crunch is arriving on college campuses this summer and many families who qualified for student loans last year could find themselves without loans this year if they wait until August to apply.
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Posted: June 28th, 2008, 11:06pm CDT
Many college graduates will soon be wondering whether they should aggressively pay off their student loan debt or let it linger and make monthly payments for the next 10 years or even decades to come.
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Posted: June 28th, 2008, 9:00am CDT
SOME have re-financed home loans. One is a university student who had been saving for a trip to Europe. These are the people who are now digging deep to save the Sydney Kings.
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Posted: June 28th, 2008, 2:22am CDT
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Posted: June 27th, 2008, 11:58pm CDT
(ARA) - The credit crunch is arriving on college campuses this summer and many families who qualified for student loans last year could find themselves without loans this year if they wait until August to apply.
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Posted: June 27th, 2008, 9:48pm CDT
MANY COLLEGE graduates will soon be wondering if they should aggressively pay off their student loan debt or let it linger and make monthly payments for the next 10 years or even decades to come.
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Posted: June 27th, 2008, 9:38am CDT
The world of student loans just became more complicated, unfair and expensive for some borrowers, while others are about to get a great deal! It all depends on whether you're borrowing now -- or dealing with loans from the past.
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Posted: June 26th, 2008, 2:18pm CDT
State officials have announced that 100 of Montana's teachers will be receiving some help in paying back their student loans.
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Posted: June 26th, 2008, 8:10am CDT
Students will be able to draw support from one more source now - the Office of Student Financial Aid. The office announced on Tuesday that it will make financial support available to students directly affected by flooding. The announcement was made via a news release on the university's flood blog.
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Posted: June 26th, 2008, 1:45am CDT
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, the Bank of Palestine, and the Palestine Education Fund, an initiative of the Paltel Group Foundation, have signed an agreement to introduce a new student loan program in the West Bank and Gaza, the webwire.com reported on Wednesday.
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Posted: June 25th, 2008, 7:11pm CDT
It seems a lot of people do not understand student loan consolidation. Mortgage Originator Dean Wegner says there is the good, the bad and the ugly on Student Loans. They are the most common extreme "lates" that many people are totally unaware of.
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Posted: June 25th, 2008, 6:22pm CDT
Federally-backed student loans offer many people an affordable option to pay for a better education, but these loans may be out of reach for some of those who may need them most. According to the Project on Student Debt, at least one million community college students don’t have access to federal student loans.
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Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 8:02pm CDT
Across the country, college students are seeing more direct results from the faltering economy besides high gas prices. Students at two-year schools and technical schools are no longer eligible for college loans from a number of big banks and lenders, like Citibank and Chase.
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Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 2:11pm CDT
Southern Oregon University undergraduate student Jennifer Beaman was awarded with the Chapter BN Philanthropic Educational Organization (PEO) Scholarship for Women.
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Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 12:17pm CDT
(ARA) - The credit crunch is arriving on college campuses this summer and many families who qualified for student loans last year could find themselves without loans this year if they wait until August to apply.
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Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 9:13am CDT
The CNMI government is owed over $4 million by former scholars, the CNMI Scholarship Office has revealed in view of a bill allowing certain financial aid recipients to forbear payments on their student loans.
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Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 6:40am CDT
CENTER TWP. — Community College of Beaver County students won’t be getting federal loans from Citizens Bank anymore, and neither will other community college students in the state.
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Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 3:28am CDT
When college alumni get together and talk about how much better things were when they were in school, it's usually the beer talking.
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Posted: June 22nd, 2008, 2:13am CDT
If you're out of school and soon to be juggling student loan debt, read Michelle Singletary's responses to questions submitted during a recent online discussion at www.washingtonpost.com.
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Posted: June 19th, 2008, 7:39pm CDT
KUALA LUMPUR: The Maju Institute of Educational Development (MIED), MIC's education arm, has been receiving more applications for student loans, but the number of approvals is likely to be reduced due to financial constraints caused by defaulters.
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Posted: June 19th, 2008, 5:46am CDT
This year, instead of scrambling to consolidate student loans by July 1, the smart money is on waiting until after that date -- because interest rates are expected to drop.
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Posted: June 19th, 2008, 12:15am CDT
This is the time of year when the buzz starts up about student-loan consolidation. Some people benefit from consolidating, others don’t, and borrowers want to know which camp they fall in. Here are the facts: Until recently, borrowers were able to consolidate their loans each year at a low-interest rate — sometimes under 3 percent. In 2005, Congress set a fixed rate for Stafford and PLUS loans. ...
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Posted: June 8th, 2008, 12:53am CDT
Roughly 60 million people said they were going to use their government economic stimulus checks to pay down credit card debt, student loans or medical bills.
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Posted: June 8th, 2008, 12:46am CDT
HELENA - The Schweitzer administration remains unsatisfied with the oversight of two Montana student loan agencies and supports a bill to open their meetings and require legislative audits, budget director David Ewer said Friday.
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Posted: June 7th, 2008, 11:09pm CDT
The credit crunch has driven dozens of lenders out of the student-loan market. But a number of new Web sites are trying to sidestep the traditional players, facilitating loans between students and anonymous investors or even friends and family members.
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Posted: June 7th, 2008, 10:37pm CDT
College students and parents are scrambling to line up student loans for the fall amid fears the credit crisis might put the squeeze on such lending.
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Posted: June 7th, 2008, 10:36pm CDT
His name is Bill, and he needs $7,800 in student loans. Interested in helping? The DeVry University student from Chicago hopes to graduate in December 2009 with training in Web development and computer information systems.
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Posted: June 7th, 2008, 7:37pm CDT
HELENA - The Schweitzer administration remains dissatisfied with the oversight over two Montana student loan agencies and supports a bill to open their meetings and require legislative audits, Budget Director David Ewer said Friday.
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Posted: June 7th, 2008, 3:46am CDT
Q. I just graduated from college but a job offer I had fell through and I am concerned about repaying my student loan. Do I have any grace period to begin repaying this loan?
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Posted: June 7th, 2008, 12:30am CDT
HELENA - The Schweitzer administration remains unsatisfied with the oversight of two Montana student loan agencies and supports a bill to open their meetings and require legislative audits, budget director David Ewer said Friday.
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Posted: June 5th, 2008, 3:34pm CDT
MANILA, Philippines - Close to 70,000 students are expected to benefit from the P1-billion funding that Malacañang has allotted for scholarships and student loans, a Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) official Thursday said.
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Posted: June 5th, 2008, 10:11am CDT
Several lenders say they will no longer give loans to students at Wisconsins 16 technical colleges and 13 two-year colleges.
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Posted: June 5th, 2008, 5:56am CDT
The Higher Education Students Loans Board is considering charging interest on student loans, amid reports that most former beneficiaries were not repaying the loans in time.
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Posted: June 5th, 2008, 12:00am CDT
The credit crunch has driven dozens of lenders out of the student loan market. But a number of new Web sites are trying to sidestep the traditional players, facilitating loans between students and anonymous investors or even friends and family members.
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Posted: June 4th, 2008, 11:16pm CDT
Student loan company MyRichUncle just launched a series of striking ads featuring parents with missing brains and accompanying copy that reads: "I didn't use my brain. I went straight to the financial aid office."
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Posted: June 4th, 2008, 12:04pm CDT
Andrew Yao, who led Student Finance Corp., a repackager of trade school student loans, pleaded guilty to 10 counts of fraud and money laundering in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia Wednesday.
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Posted: June 4th, 2008, 2:02am CDT
In a case of apparent first impression, a New York judge has ruled that the grants and student loans a father receives to finance his dental school education should not be deemed income when calculating his child support obligations.
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Posted: June 4th, 2008, 2:02am CDT
The credit crunch has driven dozens of lenders out of the student-loan market. But a number of new websites are trying to sidestep the traditional players, facilitating loans between students and anonymous investors or even friends and family members.
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Posted: June 3rd, 2008, 11:07pm CDT
The credit crunch has driven dozens of lenders out of the student loan market. But a number of new Web sites are trying to sidestep the traditional players, facilitating loans between students and anonymous investors or even friends and family members. The latest startup player in the so-c...
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Posted: June 3rd, 2008, 7:55pm CDT
The federal government plans to purchase and invest in such loans, freeing capital so lenders can make new loans.
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Posted: June 2nd, 2008, 9:36pm CDT
Some of the nation’s biggest banks have cut off students at community colleges and other less competitive schools.
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Posted: June 2nd, 2008, 5:45pm CDT
Hundreds of students could lose their financial aid after two lenders decided not to offer funding to two-year and community colleges.
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Posted: June 2nd, 2008, 5:03pm CDT
WMBD/WYZZ-TV—EAST PEORIA--Some of the country's biggest banks are putting an end to loan funding for students at community colleges. The decision will cost local students extra time and money.
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Posted: June 2nd, 2008, 9:30am CDT
An increasing number of banks are refusing to write any new loans to students attending community or two-year colleges, like Cincinnati State.
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Posted: June 2nd, 2008, 8:55am CDT
(From The New York Times ) Some of the nation’s biggest banks have closed their doors to students at community colleges, for-profit universities and other less competitive institutions, even as they continue to extend federally backed loans to students at the nation’s top universities.
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Posted: June 2nd, 2008, 8:12am CDT
Some of the biggest U.S. banks have closed their doors to students at community colleges, for-profit universities and other less competitive institutions, even as they continue to extend loans backed by the U.S. government to students at the top American universities.
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Posted: June 2nd, 2008, 7:45am CDT
Plans to introduce student loans in Guernsey are criticised as an "unfair" tax on education.
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Posted: June 2nd, 2008, 6:34am CDT
Several large banks in the student loan business are cutting specific colleges off from lending to their students, bank and college officials said.The students most often hurt by the profit-oriented decisions are those in community colleges or less than elite private schools, The New York Times reported Monday.Citibank has temporarily suspended lending at schools which tend to have loans with ...
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Posted: June 2nd, 2008, 4:33am CDT
The world of student loans just became more complicated, unfair and expensive for some borrowers, while others are about to get a great deal! It all depends on whether you're borrowing now -- or dealing with loans from the past.
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Posted: June 2nd, 2008, 1:05am CDT
As the market for student loans gets tighter for the nation's college students in an atmosphere of shrinking credit, hundreds of additional colleges and universities have enrolled in a federal student loan program that doesn't turn away any eligible student.