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Coushatta woman, others sentenced in college loan fraud scheme

…  Coushatta woman who got student aid and loans for which she wasn’t qualified and filled in forms so others could, too, …  by the American taxpayer to help the truly needy achieve a college education.” A third co-defendant, Dorris Morris, will be sentenced …

June 27th, 2007

College loan volume up, students graduate into debt

…  a growing number of options to finance a college education, students and parents are increasingly turning to loans. Not only are students borrowing more money, but more of them are …  who is concerned about the increasing burdens for college graduates and worried as well about those who are foregoing higher …

June 27th, 2007

College-Loan Ploys Probed

…  said Thursday he has found problems with student loan practices at specific schools in his investigation with federal education …  in April, including private secondary schools as well as colleges and universities, to voluntarily hand over contracts, agreements and …

June 25th, 2007

Student loan debt can burden borrowers

…  got the college degree, and now you’re stressed about the debt. “Even if your student loans exceed your annual salary — which is, unfortunately, a common phenomenon …  Lynnette Khalfani writes in her new book, “Zero Debt for College Grads” (Kaplan, $14.95). Those aren’t just words coming from …

June 24th, 2007

Student loan scandal is far reaching

A U.S. Senate probe of the student loan business indicated the problem of gifts and payoffs to university …  Times reported Friday. To drum up favored status at colleges and universities, lenders did everything from paying for junkets to …  lender Nelnet created an elaborate point system to reward college officials who provided advice while Bank of America spent $11,414 to …

June 15th, 2007

Students warned about college loans

…  in to new efforts to protect them from unscrupulous college loan practices, and Nottingham’s turn came Wednesday. Leslie Leach, …

June 15th, 2007

Senate Report Details Alleged Student Loan Company Enticements

…  student loan company took university financial aid directors on a junket to Disney …  And others showered tequila, wine and golf outings on college aid officers. Those were among what Senate investigators called …  most detailed evidence yet that lenders offered perks to colleges with the explicit goal of persuading schools to steer students their …

June 15th, 2007

Johns Hopkins to settle student-loan probe

…  to pay $1.125 million to settle a probe of its student loan practices, the New York attorney general said Thursday. The settlement …  to the New York attorney general’s fund for educating college students about the financial aid process, and $562,500 to implement a …

June 15th, 2007

College loan volume up, students graduate into debt

…  a growing number of options to finance a college education, students and parents are increasingly turning to loans. Not only are students borrowing more money, but more of them are …  who is concerned about the increasing burdens for college graduates and worried as well about those who are foregoing higher …

June 15th, 2007

Schumer asks for simpler college loan applications

…  Sen. Charles Schumer on Wednesday unveiled a plan to make college loan applications easier to understand, arguing that high school students and …

June 15th, 2007