…  rates on federally backed loans for college students are set to edge higher on July 1, a student lender …  based on the three-month Treasury bill auctioned Tuesday. That bill carried a discount rate of 4.805 percent. The three-month rate was …

…  rates on federally backed loans for college students are set to edge higher on July 1, a student lender …  on the three-month Treasury bill auctioned yesterday. That bill carried a discount rate of 4.805 percent. College seniors can still …

…  the academic record for merit aid, or a great jump shot that would earn a sports scholarship. About two-thirds of four-year college students who graduate do so with some debt — typically about …  helps students borrow in several ways: through direct loans, by subsidizing interest payments, and by encouraging private lenders to …

…  choices. One is consolidating their federally backed loans. This decision should be made before July 1. That’s when the …  government will recalculate the interest rate on variable student loans. Although Congress changed the law so that Stafford loans made …

…  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 that comes up every …

…  to pass a cut in student loan interest rates, House members on Wednesday clashed over education …  5.5 million students who get need-based federal tuition loans each year. The Bush administration opposes the bill and Senate Democrats plan to bring up a more comprehensive measure that could complicate its prospects. The House bill would cut rates from 6.8 …

…  of MOHELA “would fulfill a critical need for Missouri students.” The governor’s letter was dated Tuesday, the same day the …  bonding authority over 10 years to underwrite additional loans. The University of Missouri also would consider using more MOHELA loans, …

…  Democratic pledges to cut student loan interest rates hold out the possibility of considerable savings …  example, if the current fixed interest rate on Stafford loans, 6.8 percent, were cut in half, a student paying off $20,000 in debt over …  is now chairman of a key appropriations subcommittee that funds education programs, a post he will lose when Democrats take over in …

…  say they will slash interest rates on need-based college loans in half — from 6.8 percent to 3.4 percent. “That will be …  which do not have to be paid back and go to low-income students. Party leaders have said they want to raise the maximum Pell award …

…  Arizona State University students ask the financial aid office for advice on private loans for college, officials recommend Education Finance Partners. ASU has made …  said Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of FinAid.org, a Web site that offers financial aid information. “I believe that that crosses the …