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Student Loan/Consolidation Network Announces Good News from Congress - Saturday, August 02, 2008
StudentLoanCenter.biz, an online source of information and assistance for the student loan market, has good news for current and future students in need of financial help. Carlsbad,...

We need change in student loans - Monday, October 12, 2009
If I were a recent college graduate, I would be outraged to be paying 6.8 percent in interest on my Stafford loan when market interest rates are closer to 2.5 percent! Where’s all...

Affiliated Computer gets $67M student loan pact - Wednesday, June 25, 2008
NEW YORK - Affiliated Computer Services Inc. said it won a seven-year deal to provide loan servicing for Student Loan Finance Corp. ACS said the deal is worth $67 million, all told. The...

Schumer wants student loan market to be protected - Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Sen. Charles Schumer says particular attention needs to be paid during the current financial upheaval to make sure the student loan market is protected from the credit crunch. The New...

Students take on more debt - Monday, November 24, 2008
Higher college costs and steep losses in college savings plans are forcing students and their parents to borrow more to earn bachelor’s degrees. Last year’s seniors, facing increasing...

Study: 50 percent borrow money for college - Friday, July 10, 2009
America's college students are borrowing more and taking on riskier forms of debt than ever before, according to an analysis released Thursday. “Drowning in Debt: The Emerging Student...

Private student lenders - Monday, December 08, 2008
When Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced that he wanted to extend $60 billion of the $700 billion rescue package to non-bank credit card and auto loan firms, we called it "an...

Help is available for college students struggling to pay tuition - Friday, July 17, 2009
Maryland colleges are starting to send out fall tuition bills, and signs indicate that more families will struggle to pay. Applications for federal student aid are up. More families...

Student debt levels portend rising loan default rates - Monday, December 01, 2008
Not long ago, Dan Brown and his roommate headed from San Francisco to Las Vegas. They were aiming to win big so they could pay off their student loans. "If you don't try, you can't...

Our simple guide to student finance - Thursday, June 26, 2008
Catherine Quinn takes a closer look at the different types of financial support available for students With the system seeming to change almost annually, it's no wonder many students...