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Newer universities in line to receive extra student places (u.tv)
Posted: July 29th, 2009, 9:11am EDT
Universities and colleges have until tomorrow to decide whether to accept the emergency extra student places they have been allocated. -
CSUCI, other colleges phasing out private loans (Ventura County Star)
Posted: July 29th, 2009, 2:11am EDT
The financial aid office at CSU Channel Islands is moving forward on switching student loan providers, but uncertainty remains about whether the change from private to government-controlled lending will be seamless. -
Ohio University Student Charged in Connection with Fatal Fall (WSAZ NewsChannel 3 West Virginia)
Posted: July 28th, 2009, 3:07pm EDT
Charges have been filed against a 19-year-old Ohio University student in connection with the death of another student, who fell from his dorm room window. -
Obama Student-Loan Plan May Save $40 Billion Less Than Thought (Bloomberg)
Posted: July 28th, 2009, 12:18pm EDT
July 28 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama ’s plan to end federal subsidies to student-loan providers led by Sallie Mae may save $47 billion over 10 years instead of the $87 billion originally projected, the Congressional Budget Office said. -
Suncoast Schools partners with Credit Union Student Choice (BizJournals)
Posted: July 28th, 2009, 9:33am EDT
Suncoast Schools Federal Credit Union has partnered with Credit Union Student Choice to provide turn-key private student lending services. -
University in San Angelo, Texas, Concerned About Future of Student Loans (Kansas City InfoZine)
Posted: July 28th, 2009, 8:59am EDT
By Stephen Di Benedetto - Angelo State University's financial aid office may not be large enough to handle President Barack Obama's plan for the student loan industry. -
Plan eases the burden of student loans (The Palladium-Times)
Posted: July 28th, 2009, 6:16am EDT
A new student loan repayment option is making payments more affordable for Americans with heavy federal student loan burdens. -
Student loan holders "tax exiles" (NZCity)
Posted: July 27th, 2009, 2:26pm EDT
28 July 2009 One in five people with student loans have fallen behind on their payments and the Inland Revenue Department is unable to trace many of them. -
Student loan holders "tax exiles" (Newstalk ZB via Yahoo!Xtra News)
Posted: July 27th, 2009, 2:18pm EDT
One in five people with student loans have fallen behind on their payments and the Inland Revenue Department is unable to trace many of them. -
Student Loan Repayment Options Explained (Forbes)
Posted: July 25th, 2009, 7:01pm EDT
A crash course in repaying your student loans. -
How to get student loans at 2% (CNN Money)
Posted: July 24th, 2009, 2:37pm EDT
Question 1. How are people able to get their student loans down to 2%? Two of my children have student loans and we'd be very interested to know this. Thank you very much. -- Diane, North Dakota -
Fitch SMARTView: 17 U.S. FFELP & Private Student Loan ABS Deals Placed 'Under Analysis' (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Posted: July 21st, 2009, 12:37pm EDT
NEW YORK----Following its monthly surveillance review of U.S. Student Loan asset-backed securities transactions, Fitch Ratings designated 17 U.S. FFELP and private student loan ABS deals as 'Under Analysis', indicating that Fitch intends to issue a rating action within 30 days. -
House Republicans To Introduce Student Loan Reform Alternative (Nasdaq)
Posted: July 21st, 2009, 10:57am EDT
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- House Republicans will offer an alternative Tuesday to a Democratic plan to reform student loan financing in an attempt to keep the existing framework of the market in place, a senior Republican aide said Tuesday. -
Students needing loans get a break (New Haven Register)
Posted: July 21st, 2009, 5:49am EDT
New benefits of the 2007 College Cost Reduction and Access Act recently came into effect, lowering interest rates on need-based loans and increasing federal student aid. -
Rep. Petri backs new student loan program (Fond du Lac Reporter)
Posted: July 21st, 2009, 4:31am EDT
U.S. Rep. Tom Petri, R-Fond du Lac, is backing the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, legislation introduced last week by Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller, D-Calif. -
Student Loans: A Bitter Financial Lesson (BusinessWeek)
Posted: July 20th, 2009, 11:56pm EDT
Borrowing to get academic degrees looks to have been a risky investment for a generation of students mired in debt and facing a jobs shortage -
Students' five-year 'repayment holiday' on loans is abolished (Independent)
Posted: July 20th, 2009, 6:12pm EDT
Graduates will no longer be able to take a five-year "repayment holiday" on their student loans under plans to fund 10,000 extra university places, the Government said yesterday. -
Student leaders criticise student place restrictions (Independent)
Posted: July 20th, 2009, 10:44am EDT
Thousands of people will be left disappointed by Government plans to restrict the 10,000 extra university places to those studying science and maths-based subjects, student leaders warned today. -
Programs seek to ease student loan debt (UPI)
Posted: July 20th, 2009, 9:03am EDT
WASHINGTON, July 20 (UPI) -- Two U.S. programs to ease student loan debt are a huge help to recent graduates struggling in a bad job market, an educational association vice president said. -
Student Loans: A Bitter Financial Lesson (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! News)
Posted: July 20th, 2009, 7:08am EDT
Where I grew up, it's in bad taste to talk about your personal finances. But with the financial woes of governments, companies, and ordinary people making headlines just about everywhere you look these days, it's about time we had an honest discussion about the great big money mess of 2009. -
Student Loan Programs Offer Income-Based Repayment and Debt Forgiveness (Washington Post)
Posted: July 19th, 2009, 11:00pm EDT
Suzie Dundas is at that stage of life when student loans loom larger than car leases or electricity bills. The $390 monthly payments seem to stretch into perpetuity. They are her largest monthly obligation aside from her rent, which Dundas has decided she can no longer afford. She is about to move back in with her parents. -
Student Loan Programs Offer Income-Based Repayment and Debt Forgiveness (Washington Post)
Posted: July 19th, 2009, 11:00pm EDT
Suzie Dundas is at that stage of life when student loans loom larger than car leases or electricity bills. The $390 monthly payments seem to stretch into perpetuity. They are her largest monthly obligation aside from her rent, which Dundas has decided she can no longer afford. She is about to move... -
Tell City, Ind. woman arrested for $32,000 in student loans fraud (WHAS TV11 Louisville)
Posted: July 18th, 2009, 5:06pm EDT
On Friday, police in Tell City, Indiana, in Perry County, arrested a woman for obtaining more than $32,000 in student loans, by using other people’s personal information without their permission. -
Problems seen in plan to retool student loans (Tulsa World)
Posted: July 17th, 2009, 2:33am EDT
A federal proposal to streamline student loans could create hardships for Oklahoma colleges and universities despite its good intentions. -
Botswana: Tighten Student Loan Recovery Screws - Report (AllAfrica.com)
Posted: July 13th, 2009, 9:34am EDT
The Evaluation Services Team-Botswana (BEST) has recommended that the proposed Loan/Grant Scheme (LGS) of the Department of Student Placement and Welfare (DSPW) of the Ministry of Education and Skills Development must be governed by an Act of Parliament. -
Citizens Bank offers student loans (Cape Gazette)
Posted: July 13th, 2009, 7:41am EDT
Citizens Bank is accepting applications for its Citizens Bank TruFit Student Loan, which offers students the convenience of multiple repayment options as well as an interest-rate reduction for automatic payments with any eligible Citizens Bank account. -
PrivateStudentLoans.com Encourages Students to Consider All Their Student Loan Options (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Posted: July 13th, 2009, 2:01am EDT
The Student loan Network introduces a new private student loan comparison website offering a variety of loans for funding a college education. Compare private student loans to federal student loans and competing offers from various private loan lenders. -
New college affordability acts benefit students with loans (The Michigan Daily)
Posted: July 13th, 2009, 1:27am EDT
Students will have an easier time paying back loans due to the efforts of Michigan Congressman John Dingell (D-Dearborn), who is trying to make college more affordable. read more -
Info session on student loans, grants slated (Fort Frances Times)
Posted: July 13th, 2009, 12:24am EDT
The Fort Frances Service Canada Centre for Youth is hosting an information session on the Canada Student Loans Program and the Apprenticeship Incentive Grant next Tuesday (July 14) from 11 a.m.-noon and again from 1-2 p.m. The local SCCY office is located at 301 Scott St. (the post office). read more -
Student loans get linked to income (Detroit News)
Posted: July 13th, 2009, 12:16am EDT
College graduates who find themselves stretching to pay school loans in the bad economy are getting a break. -
In the Money: Lower cost of your federal student loans (Portsmouth Herald)
Posted: July 12th, 2009, 9:14am EDT
The Department of Education recently lowered interest rates charged on variable federal student loans to their lowest rates in the history of the federal student loan program. The new rates apply to variable-rate federal Stafford and PLUS loans issued... -
Obama’s Student Loan Plan Wins Support in House (New York Times)
Posted: July 11th, 2009, 12:10am EDT
The plan, which would end the role of banks in federal student loans, faces strong industry opposition. -
Canada Student Loans Program/Apprenticeship Incentive Grant Information Session (Fort Frances Times)
Posted: July 10th, 2009, 10:41pm EDT
The Fort Frances Service Canada Centre for Youth invites you to attend an information session on the Canada Student Loans Program and Apprenticeship Incentive Grants, on July 14th from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. or 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m., at 301 Scott St. For more information and to register contact the centre at 807-274-7724. -
Obama Plan to End Role of Banks in Federal Student Loans Wins Support (New York Times)
Posted: July 10th, 2009, 7:11pm EDT
The chairman of the House Education Committee has dismissed a last-ditch plea from the private student loan industry, but the Obama plan still faces strong opposition. -
Low Interest Rates = Time to Consolidate Student Loans? (WebCPA)
Posted: July 10th, 2009, 8:25am EDT
A good way to think about consolidating student loans is protection, according to Tom Taylor, CPA/PFS at Taylor & Company in Towson, Md. If you have variable-rate federal student loans, you can convert your variable interest rate to a fixed interest rate. -
For modest earners, relief repaying student loans (The Post and Courier)
Posted: July 4th, 2009, 11:24pm EDT
“It’s a way to borrow for college without going to the poor house,” says one student debt expert. But it's not for everyone. -
The Big Money: New Help on Student Loans (Washington Post)
Posted: July 4th, 2009, 9:35pm EDT
If you've got a diploma hanging on your wall, chances are it didn't come cheap. Of the 3 million or so college seniors who donned a cap and gown this year, about two-thirds of them went into debt -- an average of $22,500 -- for the privilege of that diploma. The debt of graduate and professional students is often tens of thousands more. -
The Big Money: New Help on Student Loans (Washington Post)
Posted: July 4th, 2009, 8:50pm EDT
If you've got a diploma hanging on your wall, chances are it didn't come cheap. Of the 3 million or so college seniors who donned a cap and gown this year, about two-thirds of them went into debt -- an average of $22,500 -- for the privilege of that diploma. The debt of graduate and professional ... -
College loans come in a variety of packages (Chicago Sun-Times)
Posted: July 4th, 2009, 4:24am EDT
Deciding which student loan is right for you can be confusing because a variety of loans is available. Here's a rundown of the most common types. -
Forgiving of student debt tricky (Toronto Star)
Posted: July 4th, 2009, 3:53am EDT
The government has made it difficult to dodge student loans through bankruptcy. -
Forgiving of student debt tricky (Toronto Star)
Posted: July 4th, 2009, 3:36am EDT
The government has made it difficult to dodge student loans through bankruptcy. You had better have a good excuse for not paying, even after the five to seven years that the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act now allows for such debts to be wiped clear. -
Student loans: The breakdown (Independent)
Posted: July 3rd, 2009, 11:29am EDT
If you're confused about loans, interests and repayments - you're far from alone. Here's the breakdown on when and how much you should be paying. -
Repaying student loans gets easier (MSN Money)
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 7:46pm EDT
A new program links payments on federal student loans to income and forgives balances after 25 years. Those working in public service could have loans forgiven after 10 years. -
Are you a recent college graduate having a hard time paying off your student loans? (The Oklahoman)
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 12:30pm EDT
Are you a recent college graduate having a hard time paying off your student loans? If so, please contact LeighAnne Manwarren at lmanwarren@opubco.com or call her at 475-4092 so she can hear your story. -
Student grants and loans frozen as fees rise (The New Statesman)
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 3:11am EDT
Student grants and loans will be frozen this year despite a rise in tuition fees, the government announced yesterday. -
Repaying Student Loans Becomes Easier (NPR)
Posted: July 1st, 2009, 3:33pm EDT
Starting Wednesday, hundreds of thousands of federal student loan borrowers may find it easier to pay back their loans because their monthly payments will now be based on their incomes and family size. The change is especially welcome for graduates who are having a tough time making a living in a sagging economy.