States sue on behalf of Silver State Helicopter students California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. and 12 other state attorneys general today ...
First Marblehead bank unit finishes sale of private education loans amid potential sale First Marblehead Corp., which packages students loans for sale to ...
House college aid bill would boost Pell Grants, kill subsidized student loans The House voted Thursday in favor of the biggest overhaul of college aid programs since their creation in the 1960s — a bill to oust private lenders from the student ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The biggest change in U.S. higher education finance in 35 years was approved on Thursday by the House of Representatives, handing a defeat to major banks and student loan giant Sallie Mae. Lawmakers voted 253-171 in favor of legislation ...
House college aid bill would boost Pell Grants, kill subsidized student loans The House is poised to vote to push private lenders out of the federal college loan business and massively expand the government's own lending program. Following a day of debate, ...
Though policies differ from company to company, there are several basic requirements for taking out student loans. Federal loans are often subsidized by the government, and thus have strict regulations on to whom and how their loans are disbursed. Students must almost ...
Debt is something that the vast majority of American students attending college will have to face. The best way to handle exorbitant amounts of debt after four years of college, and a few years of graduate school, is to stay calm and ...
As you take your first hesitant steps off a college campus and into the world of professional jobs and regular paychecks, it’s easy to become giddy or overwhelmed. The congratulations and cards keep coming, but soon you have to make some major ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Congressional Budget Office said on Friday that a student loan reform plan backed by Sallie Mae and other lenders might save U.S. taxpayers $17 billion less than one backed by the Obama administration. The Obama plan has already ...
Shawn Agyeman was down on his luck last fall, having just lost his job as a research assistant at the University of Pittsburgh, his alma mater. With looming monthly student loan payments of around $200 a month hanging over his head, the ...
