Student Loan Consolidation Programs

May 06, 2008

Culver Signs Iowa Student Loan Bill

Gov. Chet Culver signed into law a new student loan bill today in Iowa. Read the rest of this article to get the specifics.

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April 30, 2008

Senate Passed Student Loan Stabilization Bill

The senate just passed a Student Loan Stabilization bill, read the rest of this article to get this breaking news.

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April 29, 2008

Bush Addresses Student Loan Credit Crunch

Bush tells the Congress that they should give the government more authority to buy student loans from banks and private companies. Read the full article to find out exactly what he said.

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March 31, 2008

The Student Loan Exodus

The cuts in federal subsidies have forced many student loan consolidation lenders out of the industry.

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February 15, 2008

Nelnet - Dirty Student Loan Lobby

CNNMoney.com reports that one of the nation's largest private student-lending companies Neltnet Inc. spent $300,000 in the last half of 2007 to lobby the federal government.  As you can imagine this one is pretty dirty.

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February 14, 2008

Private Student Loans Suffer

It is becoming increasingly hard to secure private student loans qas a direct result of the new student loan legislation that has recently passed. We have been saying this since the legislation was in early consideration but more and more is being said about it lately.

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February 13, 2008

Student Loans and the New Zealand Elections

It appears that student loan reform is one of the hottest topics in the upcoming New Zealand elections. With both candidates offering up solutions it's nice to see New Zealanders taking student loan reform seriously, US voters should follow suit.

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February 12, 2008

Sallie Mae Student Loan Lender Lawsuit

Fox Business reports that Drier LLP has announced a class action lawsuit against the Student Loan lender SLM (Sallie Mae).

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February 11, 2008

Kennedy Outraged at 9.5% Student Loans

Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued a great statement about the US Department of Education allowing seven Federal Family Education Program lenders to resume billing on their loans with the ridiculously high interest rates of 9.5%. Get the full quote in this edition.

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February 10, 2008

College Opportunity and Affordability Act Amendments

Read this full story to get a link to a list of the College Opportunity and Affordability Act amendments expected to be considered.

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