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Loren Berlin

Former Students Lend To Current Students To Finance College

HuffingtonPost.com | Loren Berlin | Posted 04.02.2012

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Can former students help solve the student loan crisis? That's the reasoning behind a new loan initiative launched last year at Stanford University, o...

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Is Education Going the Way of the Housing Market?

Harmon Leon | Posted 07.12.2011

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Harmon Leon

Total student loan debt in the U.S. has now topped credit card debt, expected to reach $1 trillion this year. Hurrah! A mountain of debt is now the new American Dream.

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Sallie Mae Intensified Lobbying Amid Loan Overhaul

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Student lender Sallie Mae spent $1.86 million to lobby the U.S. government in the first quarter, as lawmakers debated the passage of ...

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Private Student Loans Would Be Killed By House Bill

AP | LIBBY QUAID | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The House voted Thursday in favor of the biggest overhaul of college aid programs since their creation in the 1960s – a bill ...

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