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Romney agrees with Obama on student loans
April 23, 2012 4:46 PM
ASTON, Pa. (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Monday embraced a student loan proposal that President Barack Obama is selling on the campaign trail and refused to endorse Sen. Marco Rubio's conservative immigration plan aimed at helping young illegal immigrants. The two policy positions signaled an effort... more » -
More college grads default on student loans
September 13, 2010 3:45 PM
The number of people defaulting on their federal student loans is climbing, and those who attend for-profit schools remain the most likely group to default, according to new government data released Monday. The U.S. Department of Education says numbers from fiscal year 2008 show 7 percent of borrowers of... more » -
New federal law forces 2,500 layoffs
April 22, 2010 10:32 AM
A new law that cuts banks out of the federal student loan business is costing 2,500 workers at Sallie Mae their jobs. The nation's largest student lender has told 1,200 staffers in service centers in Killeen, Texas, and Panama City, Fla., they will lose their jobs by year-end. The... more » -
Student loan changes could cause delays
April 12, 2010 7:15 PM
Roughly half of the students at UCCS use some type of financial aid to pay for school and because of recent changes in student loan laws, many of them will need to spend extra time at the financial aid office before classes start this fall. Campus Financial Aid Director... more » -
Obama cites savings in student loans measure
March 27, 2010 1:32 PM
President Barack Obama is hailing a student loan bill he's about to sign as the gateway to returning college graduation rates back to the top worldwide, and save money doing it. In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama says the result of the measure will be more student lending,... more »
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