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Tennessee Center for Nursing meets scholarship goal

…  Tennessee. The money was raised through public and private contributions by health care organizations across the state. The …  for four years in exchange for forgiveness of their student loans. The first class has 62 nurses thus far. Applications will be …

August 19th, 2007

House OKs Pell grant increase, lower college-loan interest rates

…  House on Wednesday approved far-reaching changes in student aid programs, voting to slash $19 billion in federal subsidies to …  students and halving interest rates on federally backed loans with the savings. The bill passed 273-149, in a sometimes-raucous …  by creating new entitlement spending for every conceivable constituency in higher education.” McKeon also criticized it for …

July 13th, 2007

Is there student loan help for members of armed forces?

…  from the Sixth District. Question: Is there any help available for members of the armed forces who served in the Middle East and are now having trouble paying their student loans? Answer: Yes. The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance …

July 7th, 2007

NextStudent Urges Wisdom When Considering College Debt Repayment Strategy

…  college students across the country recently have received their degrees and are taking …  into the real world, which includes repaying their student loans. According to NextStudent, a leading Phoenix-based education funding …  engine, federally guaranteed parent and student loans, private student loans, both federal and private student loan consolidation …

July 7th, 2007

Loan limits increase for college students

…  new law changes the annual Stafford loan limits for students who qualify for financial aid. The change provides an additional $875 …  to school, but then it’s almost like that becomes a disadvantage for us.” The government does not recognize a specific income limit …

July 7th, 2007

Schumer pushes for college-loan disclosure

…  a new federal plan to require complete disclosure of student-loan terms and fees on every application. It would require lenders to …  students and their families across the state use private student loans to pay for their college expenses. We need to make sure that …

July 7th, 2007

AGs urge Senate to protect students from deceptive loan practices

…  31 Attorneys General, urged the U.S. Senate to enact The Student Loan Sunshine Act, a new federal law to safeguard students and families …  in the Title IV program or has students obtaining private educational loans to adopt a Code of Conduct. Additionally, the law …

July 7th, 2007

2Futuro Announces $2,000 in Scholarship Awards

…  the awards of two scholarships of $1,000 each to Mayra Alvarez, a student at California State University, Los Angeles, and Jason Gates, a student …

July 7th, 2007

Student loan rate, financial aid up slightly

…  goal was to make sure that the state funded student financial aid at least to the statutory level,” said Tiffany N. Troidl, …  Association. Additionally, interest rates on existing variable-rate student loans will jump by .08 percent by the end of the summer. Federal statutes …

July 3rd, 2007

College loan volume up, students graduate into debt

…  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 …  increased 168.1 percent at all Nebraska public and private postsecondary institutions. Nationwide, borrowing increased 238 …

July 3rd, 2007

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