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Virginia Foxx: First Woman to Ever Pay for College

Edward Murray | Posted 04.22.2012

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Congresswoman Virginia Foxx is the chairwoman of the Higher Education & Workforce Training Subcommittee. It turns out that Virginia Foxx knows about as much about the specifics behind the student loan crisis as Red Foxx, who is dead.

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Loan-Saddled Grads Fight Sallie Mae's 'Unemployment Penalty'

Posted 01.27.2012

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Over 50,000 college grads across the country have joined a campaign on change.org urging student loan giant Sallie Mae to stop charging unemployed bor...

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Suze Orman Answers Your Questions

Posted 01.11.2012

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Are you struggling with the fine print on your loan package? We've brought you the expert herself. Suze Orman, host of The Suze Orman Show, is a pe...

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Department Of Energy Loans Program To Be Reviewed By White House

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 12.28.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The White House on Friday called for an independent review of the Department of Energy's loans program, the latest move to address quest...

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Newt Gingrich Calls For Steven Chu To Be Fired Over Solyndra Scandal

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 12.04.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Monday called for Energy Secretary Steven Chu to be fired for his decision to allow Solyndra to ke...

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One Program Will See Spending Increase In Debt Deal

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 10.01.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The proposed compromise between congressional negotiators and the White House to increase the nation's borrowing limit would cut spendin...

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Nearly One In Ten Community College Students Can't Access Federal Loans

Posted 06.29.2011

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More than one million community college students in 31 states are denied access to federal loans, according to a report released by the Project on Stu...

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Debt Dictates Students' Adult Life

iowastatedaily.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jessica Moore and her husband, Matt, quickly obtained jobs in their areas of study upon graduation. The Moores critically review each dollar earned an...

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Late Payments On Student Loans Dip In 4th Quarter

AP | EILEEN AJ CONNELLY | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Statistics for one quarter don't make a trend, but a drop in the rate of late payments for student loans in the last three months of ...

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Higher Education Key To Improving Economy, Yet McCain Lacks Specifics On Help

Gregory S. Evans | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a shrinking economy with a middle-class burdened by the extraordinarily high costs of college tuition in the United States, the best investment we can make for our long-term fiscal health is in increased access to higher education.

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