…  Mae Senior Vice President Barry Goulding today testified at the Senate Banking Committee hearing, …  undergraduate and graduate students - which are called Stafford loans - is a fixed 6.8% regardless of the lender. Under the federal …  in the other major federal student loan program - the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan program. More than 300 schools participate …

…  grant programs. Higher interest rates for student loans. A permanent tax exemption for 529 savings plans. In the college …  the first time ever, students taking out a federal Stafford loan will pay a fixed 6.8 percent for the life of the loan. Only Congress …  who contribute to any 529 plan,” says Jacqueline T. Williams, chair of the College Savings Plan Network and executive director of …

…  Bolig has to be nervous about now that she’s graduated college. Will she find a job both satisfying and well-paying? Will …  later, Ms. Diehl finds herself living with her mother in Williamsport. With an associate’s degree in accounting and a …