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Roundup: Week of July 9 - July 13

July 13, 2007

House Passes Bill to Cut Lender Subsidies and Help Students

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Safeguards Needed for Private Student Loans

  • By
  • Stephen Burd
July 12, 2007

As much as we'd like not to have to admit it, we have entered a new era -- in which private student loans are becoming an essential financing tool for undergraduate students.

This might not be so worrisome if these loans were going only to upper middle class and affluent students. But that's not the case.

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NEWS SCOOP: Sallie Mae Spending Spree to Buy Political Influence

  • By
  • Ben Miller
July 11, 2007

You can do a lot of things with $108,000 send close to 50 students to community college for a year, fund 50 Pell Grants or donate 6,033 copies of the forthcoming Harry Potter book to your local school to name just a few. But Sallie Mae is hoping $108,000 can buy it the hearts and minds of 36 key Democratic lawmakers.

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Sallie Mae's Plan of Attack

  • By
  • Ben Miller
  • Stephen Burd
July 10, 2007

Shortly after the Democrats won control of Congress last November, the student loan giant Sallie Mae laid out a strategy for itself -- and a blueprint for the rest of the loan industry to follow -- to protect the cushy subsidies lenders receive for making government-backed loans to students.

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Editor's Note

July 3, 2007


Higher Ed Watch is taking a break this week in honor of Independence Day. Congress is back from recess on July 9th, and higher education will be high on its agenda. We'll be following all the action. In the meantime, enjoy the fireworks!

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Roundup: Week of June 25 - June 29

June 29, 2007

Supreme Court Rules against Voluntary Desegregation Programs; Leaves Affirmative Action Intact

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A Turnkey Program

  • By
  • Stephen Burd
June 28, 2007

Supporters of a program that allows colleges to turn a profit from the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program are understandably upset that the Senate is considering legislation that would phase it out.

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Pushing Back

June 27, 2007

The student loan industry is getting desperate.

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Let's Not Change the Subject

  • By
  • Lindsey Luebchow
June 26, 2007

[This column, which is adapted from an op-ed appearing in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, was written as a solicited response to a piece by Leslie Carbone of the Lexington Institute]

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Roundup: Week of June 18 - June 22

June 22, 2007

Senate Moves to Slash Loan Subsidies

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