Posts Tagged ‘student loans’

• They’re telling you lies about the new student loan law
• POSTED 04.1.10

I’m hearing so many lies about the change  in the government’s education loan programs that I have to set  the record straight. Anyone who cares about cutting government spending and helping students and their parents should love the change. But the truth of the program is being hijacked by the people who scream no. Here’s what’s happening:
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• Direct federal loans–good for students, parents and taxpayers
• POSTED 03.29.10

Starting July 1, higher-ed students will get their federal Stafford loans directly from the government rather than from banks. About 50 percent of students do this already, through the federal Direct Loan program. Under a provision tucked into the Affordable Health Care Act, all students will soon be borrowing that way.
The change will save the [...]