Fifth Third Bank Involved in Student Loan Scandal

Fifth Third Bank could potentially lose its right to participate in the Federal Family Education Loan Program, the Department of Education’s program that allows private banks to offer Stafford Loans and PLUS ... Student Loan XPress entered into eligible lender trustee agreements with three lenders: MSA Solution [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 17:40:15

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Depending on a Student Loan Without Cosigner When Nothing are Possible

Choosing a post-secondary course will provide you with a variety of options. After seeking advice from a guidance counselor before graduation day, there are many modes of financial assistance available for the college bound individual. Student loans no cosigner may be the only reasonable option for you once you have researched about scholarships, grants, work programs and other types of loans. Without a strong credit rating, getting this loan may be difficult. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-18 14:21:50

Hidden in the Stimulus Bill

Last December Higher Ed Watch caught wind of back-room maneuvering on Capitol Hill to retroactively change the way the federal government sets lender subsidies in the guaranteed student loan program. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings ... concern that the change sought by the Secretary (and the student loan industry) was being debated [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 23:20:03

Student, Car Debt Quietly Added to Bailout Plan

Jeez! This country very well may be doomed beyond hope! This is not the time to be sneaky, and push even more expenses on the taxpayers ... its bailout plan to include buying student loans, car loans, credit card debt and any other “troubled” assets ... program to foreign banks with extensive loan operations in the United States, potentially added tens [more...]

Date: 2008-09-24 02:08:02

Back Room Deal on Student Loan Subsidies?

Last month Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings wrote to Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) ... in the guaranteed student loan program. This request has received little attention from the press ... reforms in the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program. The Subsidy And Its History [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 20:45:00

A Cause for Celebration

To celebrate Independence Day, Higher Ed Watch will be going on hiatus next week ... that have occurred in the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program in recent years. Most of these changes ... substantial changes are to the federal student loan programs and the interest rates charged [more...]

Date: 2008-06-26 15:20:31

Target Campus-Based Aid

The holidays may be over, but the higher ed community is still waiting to see what Uncle Sam is going to put into its stimulus stocking ... and inefficiency in the federal student loan programs, because that's where big taxpayer savings were ... .  Our bet is it will be much needed tens of billions of dollars, hopefully for both student aid [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 17:20:05

Attention GAO: Aid Programs are Still at Risk

If the events of the last two years have taught us anything, it's that the U.S. Department of Education's oversight of the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program ... student aid programs stood at the top of the list, along with other notorious trouble areas [more...]

Date: 2008-07-10 22:02:00

Bernanke Acts While Paulson Dithers

bernpaul1.jpg Today, in yet another transformation of the ever-changing Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) ... to creditworthy consumers,” by extending relief to holders of “auto loans, student loans, credit card loans ... to a plan being implemented by the New York Fed that is aimed at easing the current credit crunch. The NY [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 19:26:04

Undermining a New Effort to Promote Public Service

Is the U.S. Department of Education deliberately trying to undermine a new program created by Congress to encourage students to pursue careers in ... by consolidating their debt into Direct Lending. The program is a reaction to reports that student ... government will forgive the remaining debt of Direct Student Loan borrowers if they make 120 [more...]

Date: 2008-07-23 18:43:00

Obama: Tax Hike For People Making Over $250,000/Year Is “Chump Change”

So says The One in an MTV interview: Sway: Our next question is from Matt from Iowa: “If your desire is to spread the wealth around, ... everybody is just looking out for themselves. I mean, the fact is, we just talked about student loans ... do you think we pay for scholarships or loan programs? That money doesn’t grow on trees. It’s got [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 17:23:27

Wall Street bailout plan to include more than bad mortgage debt: Feds to absorb unpaid bar bets, inadvertently laundered postage stamps, unredeemed soda cans and insufficient tooth-fairy disbursements

Totally absurd? Think twice: In the dark of night over the weekend when most people were snoozing, the Treasury dramatically expanded its bailout plan to include buying student loans, car loans ... in draft language that also opened the bailout program to foreign banks with extensive loan operations [more...]

Date: 2008-09-23 06:05:06

A Good Debt Management Program Can Be a Life Saver

by William Blake Do you feel like you are over you head in debts? Many see themselves buried in debt due to car loans, medical bills, student loans, credit card ... program to handle almost any kind of debt, though credit card debts are what most people sign [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 15:28:58

Laying Out Student Loan Options for CBO

Around this time of year our friends at the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) ... Grants As we have said previously, the role student loan guaranty agencies play in the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program is anachronistic, inefficient, ill-defined and riddled [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 15:41:49

Even The MTV Crowd Is Asking About Wealth Redistribution

Here’s a fun two-fer; we have MTV going harder on Obama than any MSM outlet (except Fox News) and he have a new definition of “chump change ... is just looking out for themselves. I mean, the fact is, we just talked about student loans ... do you think we pay for scholarships or loan programs? That money doesn’t grow on trees. It’s got to come [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 20:28:36

AES Student Loans Review (pfblogs.org)

American Education Services is a private company that offers information and applications for a variety of governmental and private financing options for students all under one roof. Their website http://www.aessuccess.org/ allows students and their parents to compare various college loan programs, search out financial aid and scholarships [more...]

Date: 2008-10-14 03:04:06

Important News for College Graduates

Attention recent college graduates: starting July 1st, ... loan consolidation program. All borrowers with non-consolidation federal student loans that were ... percent can save big money by refinancing their debt after July 1st of this year [more...]

Date: 2008-06-10 20:30:00

Higher Ed Roundup: Week of July 14 - July 18

Dept. of Ed Requests Emergency Survey on Credit Transfers Few Colleges Join TEACH program New Repayment Program for Borrowers May Not Help All ... turns in to a loan if students fail to meet their commitment to teach for four years following graduation. The change from grant to loan can occur even while students are teaching if their schools move [more...]

Date: 2008-07-19 00:31:00

Bailout must be stopped

The trillion-dollar bailout of financial corporations and institutions must be stopped for a variety of reasons, ... snoozing, the Treasury dramatically expanded its bailout plan to include buying student loans, car ... included in draft language that also opened the bailout program to foreign banks with extensive loan [more...]

Date: 2008-09-24 11:28:20

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

Consumers to get new loan program. The Treasury and Federal Reserve are working on a new facility to boost consumer financing, ... loans, student loans and credit cards, but could eventually be expanded to include mortgages [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 12:15:23

Fed's Latest Rescue Package Throws Lifeline to Home Buyers

According to this Reuters article, the Fed announced a new rescue package of $800 billion USD to lower the cost of home purchases, credit card and student loans. Under the new mortgage program, the Fed will buy up to $100 billion of debt issued by government-sponsored mortgage enterprises Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 09:12:56

GOP Targets Reid

With only one drawback, we haven’t got an actual candidate to run against him, yet: ... of a student loan program. Former Rep. Jon Porter, a moderate Republican from suburban Las Vegas [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 11:11:31

Green College Spotlight: Harvard University

This Ivy League college is known for being a leader in many arenas, ... Program, Graduate Green Living Program, FAS – Resource Efficiency Program, Green Campus Loan Fund ... like the library, dining hall and grad student housing [more...]

Date: 2008-10-13 11:00:38

NASFAA's Misplaced Priorities

The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) ... of the student loan industry. This time, the group's focus is on ensuring that lenders and colleges ... Family Education Loan (FFEL) program, Day urged Paulson and Spellings to take "similar effective [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 19:20:10

Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program

This information comes from a great web page created by the National Council of Nonprofits ... Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007. There might be hope for those with tremendous student loan debt ... , public safety, public interest law service, public care for children, elders or disabled [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 21:51:43

Paulson's New Program: Giving People Money They Can't Afford To Spend

The news is as old as the Magna Carta. The consumer is broke. He does not have a dime. He is out of work. He is defaulting on his home equity loan, and the bank has reposed his credit card. It may ... of auto loans, student loans and credit cards." The head of the Treasury is concerned that people [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 10:50:07

T3leads - Highest Paying Pay-Per-Lead Affiliate Program?

Sponsors of The Month Make Money with Motive Interactive. What's Your Motive? ... . It covers niches related to the areas of payday loans, auto insurance, mortgage loans, student loans [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 12:00:39

A Good Debt Management Program Can Be a Life Saver

by William Blake Do you feel like you are over you head in debts? Many see themselves buried in debt due to car loans, medical bills, student loans, credit card debt, etc. All of these debts can spell financial disaster as the majority of them are unsecured loans [more...]

Date: 2008-11-05 19:13:30

Student loan fixes will generate heat

Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain say they'll reform the federal government's $150 billion student financial aid program. Commentator Kim Clark says that's great, but it's going [more...]

Date: 2008-09-12 20:01:38

Crist to lawmakers: Cut less, borrow more

Gov. Charlie Crist carefully avoids direct criticism of the Legislature ... that I have is that we make these reductions without hurting the end user: the student. So we're watching closely," said ... of economic development experts to a "Tallahassee Tuesday" discussion of a new $10-million loan program [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 16:06:09

Crist to lawmakers: Cut less, borrow more

Gov. Charlie Crist carefully avoids direct criticism of the Legislature ... that I have is that we make these reductions without hurting the end user: the student. So we're watching closely," said ... of economic development experts to a "Tallahassee Tuesday" discussion of a new $10-million loan program [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 15:56:15

Daftar Keyword atau Kata Kunci dengan Harga Tinggi

Sabtu, 2008 Agustus 23 Karena banyak teman2 yang mencari kata kunci apa yang paling tinggi nilainya di Google Adense, ... 114.88 24.80 mesotheloma 41.70 24.52 student loan consolidation program 58.70 24.45 california ... 159.00 27.11 google affiliate 90.48 27.11 at t wireless 172.60 26.31 100 home equity loan [more...]

Date: 2008-08-24 05:05:00

Student Loan Consolidation Program

Student loan consolidation program for university and college students is an important option, especially if they find themselves suffering from serious financial situation. Definitely a student with a lot of college debts staring his face can become stressed with such heavy financial load [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 15:08:21

Online Student Loan Consolidation Methods

By Adam Boulton It is commonplace for students to avail of students loan, considering the increasing expenditure incurred on education ... into one to at least reduce the tension and burden. consolidation debt loan unsecured When so many ... . Generally, students utilize more than one loan programs and eventually end up with paying many [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 15:30:12

Passin’ the Buck

My morning ritual combines breakfast and channel surfing, to get a flavor of what we used to call the “mass media” considers newsworthy ... administrators of the federal student loan program. ASA has put forth a proposal for federal student loan reform ... is on the up and up, interest rates are high, repayment options are limited, and students face the [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 14:15:10

Hard Times for Student Borrowers

Kelly Lynch, a former Columbia College Chicago film and video major, is paying educational loan lender Sallie Mae $600 a month, ... loan lender suspended its student loan consolidation program in April. The policy shift left many ... about 1 percent of his total student loan debt of $60,000. Though Lynch, 21, never received [more...]

Date: 2008-06-30 16:02:42

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