Student Loans

Editor's Note: The is the second of two columns dealing with student loan programs. My mailbag continues to overflow with questions about federal student loan programs. Here are more answers to reader questions: Q. As you have noted, you can consolidate your federal loans once. The situation seems Publication: The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL... Tagged as: editor, columns, dealing, student, programs, mailbag, continues, overflow, questions, federal, answers, reader, consolidate, situation... Read Full Story

NEW YORK----Fitch Ratings affirms and assigns a Stable Rating Outlook to the senior student loan notes of the SLM Student Loan Trust 2003-2. The trust has been producing excess spread, and the parity for the senior notes are at 105.63% as of Aug. 31, 2009 and increasing.... Tagged as: ratings, affirms, assigns, stable, rating, outlook, senior, student, producing, excess, spread, parity, increasing Read Full Story

NEW YORK----Fitch Ratings affirms and assigns a Stable Rating Outlook to the senior student loan notes of the SLM Student Loan Trust 2002-7. The trust has been producing excess spread, and the parity for the senior notes are at 106.12% as of Aug. 31, 2009 and increasing.... Tagged as: ratings, affirms, assigns, stable, rating, outlook, senior, student, producing, excess, spread, parity, increasing Read Full Story

NEW YORK----Fitch Ratings affirms and assigns a Stable Rating Outlook to the senior student loan notes of the SLM Student Loan Trust 2003-10. The trust has been producing excess spread, and the parity for the senior notes are at 103.09% as of Sept. 15, 2009.... Tagged as: ratings, affirms, assigns, stable, rating, outlook, senior, student, producing, excess, spread, parity Read Full Story

Byline: Stephen Moore, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES This year marks the 40th anniversary of the guaranteed student loan program for college students. Created by Lyndon Johnson as part of the Great Society, the program has made college affordable for thousands of students. But it also has had a Publication: The Washington Times... Tagged as: byline, stephen, special, washington, anniversary, guaranteed, student, program, college, students, created, lyndon, johnson, society, affordable... Read Full Story

Student loans are increasingly used to provide financial assistance for students in higher education, in both industrialized and developing countries. The need for financial assistance to enable students from low-income families to meet direct and indirect Publication: Encyclopedia of Education... Tagged as: student, increasingly, provide, financial, assistance, students, higher, education, industrialized, developing, countries, enable, income, families, direct, indirect, publication... Read Full Story

Today’s economy has hit Americans very hard. Many are struggling to get by let alone pay student loans . Before you get behind on your student loan payments, there are several options that you may qualify for with student loan deferment programs. Some of those options include payment relief, forbearances and deferments. If you lose your job, start attending school or suffer another type of hardship, you might be able to have the loan payments postponed for a certain amount of time. This is... Read Full Story

College costs are rising and students are turning to "riskier loans" with variable percentages. This can have a drastic effect on their future. ( EMAILWIRE.COM , November 24, 2009 ) Fort Lauderdale, FL With the ever rising college costs, students are turning to “the riskiest way for paying for schooling”, as dubbed by an education organization: private student loans. They have been termed as “risky” since they are likened to credit card debt. The danger with private student loans... Read Full Story

Byline: Kavita Kumar May 23--In the world of student loans, there's rarely good news for debt-laden students and working adults with hefty monthly payments. But financial aid experts have been buzzing recently about the small window of opportunity to consolidate loans and lock in interest rates at Publication: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis,... Tagged as: byline, kavita, student, rarely, students, working, adults, monthly, payments, financial, experts, buzzing, window, opportunity... Read Full Story

EL PASO -- Fifteen percent of students at for-profit colleges in El Paso failed to pay back their federal loans on time -- a trend that began before the economy faltered. Students who borrowed and neglected to pay back thousands of dollars they used to attend for-profit colleges now find themselves tangled in... Tagged as: fifteen, percent, students, profit, colleges, failed, federal, economy, faltered, borrowed, neglected, thousands, dollars, attend, tangled Read Full Story