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CIT agrees to $3M student loan settlement

…  reached a settlement with CIT Group Inc. and CIT’s Student Loan Xpress unit arising from the state’s investigation of abuses in the U.S. …  undisclosed financial relationships between lenders and colleges. Cuomo has argued that lenders used payments and perks to curry …  who soon after became an employee at the Office of Federal Student Aid at the U.S. Education Department, Cuomo’s office …

May 13th, 2007

Student loan scandal: Effects on consolidation

It’s a good thing you got that college education. You can put it to good use navigating the complex maze that is the student loan industry as you consider whether to consolidate your federal student loans. For those who have never done it, it’s a question …

May 13th, 2007

You can ease burden of student-loan debt

…  The median debt load for graduates of a four-year private college is $19,500, according to the College Board, a nonprofit association of …  add up exactly what your debt is. You can track down your federal student loans at nslds.ed.gov. For private student loans and …

May 13th, 2007

Learn debt’s dangers before going to college

Q. I will be attending college in the fall, and like many other graduating seniors I am worried about …  In addition, the score affects the interest rate on every loan you want. So a bad credit score could add hundreds, or even thousands, of …  can work more. If you borrow money for college, seek federal loans–such as Stafford loans–from your school’s financial aid office, …

May 13th, 2007

Student Loan Network Announces First Quarter 2007 Scholarship Winners

…  Loan Network. “We see what students go through to get to college, and we want to give back. And, we use surveys on the site to help …  parents with over $1 billion in scholarships, grants and federal, private and consolidation loan funding. To help make the confusing and …

April 24th, 2007

U.S. worried by lenders’ mining of student data

…  borrowers have repeatedly searched it in ways that violate federal rules, raising alarms about data mining and abuse of privacy, …  O’Leary, director of student aid and finance at Stonehill College in Massachusetts, who was at the Feb. 26 session. “They’d seen the …

April 16th, 2007

Officials urge students to check for scholarship fraud

…  Aid, said scholarship fraud happens often enough for the Federal Trade Commission to have an entire Web site dedicated to the …  Undergraduate scholarships can be found within each college Web site on www.purdue.edu. Other Web sites such as Fastweb.com, …  are also useful beginnings for scholarship or loan searches, Hall said. The FTC Web site provides tips when searching on …

March 27th, 2007

Federal tax legislation has made 529 savings plans the preferred way to save for college.

…  years, as college costs have climbed to back-breaking levels, more families have begun …  your contributions, plus the earnings — is free of federal tax. State-sponsored 529 savings plans let you invest in a menu of …  college. “Starting out life with $100,000 in student-loan debt doesn’t sound like a good way to start,” says Wayne, 34. Yet, …

February 25th, 2007

College financial aid to increase

…  Schaefer of Leola might find it easier to pay for college in the coming years. Schaefer is a sophomore elementary and special …  Pell Grant to $4,310, up $260. Yearly loan limits on federal Stafford Loans will increase to $3,500 for freshmen and $4,500 for …

February 25th, 2007

Lawmaker proposes bill for NMC loan

…  that would allow the cash-strapped Northern Marianas College to enter into a loan for its campus renovation. Rep. Arnold I. …  building would soon have a new roof, courtesy of a Federal Emergency Management Agency funding. The procurement department will go …

February 25th, 2007