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What About My Loan?

  • By
  • Lindsey Luebchow
May 15, 2007

Financial aid offices, Congress, and the Department of Education continue to spout catchy phrases about safeguarding the interests of students (well, at least from here on out). But if you were (or are) a student, wouldnt you wonder if the loan scandals have had a personal impact on you?

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Roundup: Week of May 7 - May 11

May 11, 2007

Bipartisan Sunshine Bill Flies Through the House

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Grilling Education Secretary Margaret Spellings

May 10, 2007

As Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings steps up to the plate today at a House Education and Labor Committee hearing, Higher Ed Watch has a curveball to throw her way. We would love to hear the Secretarys response to the following question:

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Friends in High Places Deliver Big for Sallie Mae Behind the Scenes

  • By
  • Stephen Burd
May 9, 2007

The Chronicle of Higher Education published an explosive piece on Monday providing greater detail of how the revolving door between the Bush Administration and the student loan industry has put financially needy students in harms way. (Disclosure: Higher Ed Watch staff used to work for The Chronicle.)

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Hardball

May 8, 2007

For the first time in the post-Newt Gingrich, Tom Delay era of Washington politics, Democrats in Congress have to decide if they want to use their new majority status to play hardball. At stake is roughly $10 billion to $15 billion in student financial aid -- enough to send over 2 million kids to a state university tuition free.

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Roundup: Week of April 30 - May 4

May 4, 2007

Enzi Introduces Bill that Would Eliminate School-as-Lender

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Texas Longhorn Students Uncover Extent of Student Loan Corruption

May 3, 2007

A bombshell was dropped on the University of Texas' financial aid office Monday when The Daily Texan student newspaper published a damning story on the office's corrupted process of selecting preferred lenders.

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A Damaging Leak to the University of Phoenix

  • By
  • Stephen Burd
May 2, 2007

Two years ago, officials with the Apollo Group, the parent company of the giant for-profit chain the University of Phoenix, scored a coup. Someone at the U.S. Education Department sent them a set of documents that outlined the entire legal strategy of a pair of whistleblowers who were suing the University of Phoenix for defrauding the government of billions of dollars.

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Department of Ed Defense Won't Win Championships

  • By
  • Lindsey Luebchow
May 1, 2007

After months of reform-oriented, positive action involving the student loan industry, the U.S. Department of Education has started to backpedal. What was an organization taking proactive stances on student loan reform has now become a reactionary operation. Sure, there were a few reasons in recent weeks for the Department to get back on defense. But where did the offense go?

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Roundup: Week of April 23 - April 27

April 27, 2007

Debt-Free in N.C.

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