Sallie Mae

Under Media Pressure, Sallie Mae Forgives Dead Woman's Loan

The Huffington Post | Khadeeja Safdar | Posted 05.16.2012

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Even death is not enough to shake off student loan debt. One New Jersey family learned this in the most awful way imaginable. When Amanda Greenhal...

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99% Spring Has Sprung: Shareholder Actions Underway Across the County

Mary Bottari | Posted 04.30.2012

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The goal: to wrest control of our democracy back from the robber barons and CEOs that systematically block any effort to create an economy and a body politic that serves the needs of the vast majority of Americans and not the elite few.

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It's Decision Day For High School Seniors

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 04.30.2012

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Taylor Lee, 18, can't decide where to go to college. But by Tuesday she must make a final choice between the University of Miami, a private school...

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Occupy, Obama Speak Out As National Student Loan Debt Hits $1 Trillion

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 04.25.2012

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Among the couple hundred protesters who gathered in Union Square Wednesday then marched down Broadway, beating drums and holding signs, one wore a bla...

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Student Loan Reform Fight Broader For Obama Than Interest Rate Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 04.25.2012

WASHINGTON -- On Tuesday, congressional Democrats announced plans to introduce legislation that would extend the current low interest rates on governm...

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Even After Bankruptcy, You Can't Get Rid Of Student Debt

AP | JUSTIN POPE | Posted 04.25.2012

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-- The misfortunes that brought schoolteachers Devin and Sarah Stang and their four young children to bankruptcy – and the loss of their house ...

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The Things We Do for... Rent Money

Dina Gachman | Posted 04.10.2012

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Most of us have fantasized about winning the lotto or creating the next Angry Birds or Pet Rock so we can dump a Louis Vuitton bag of cash on the lawn of Sallie Mae headquarters and pay off our student loans, then set sail on a yacht to celebrate.

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The High Cost of Nostalgia

Dina Gachman | Posted 05.27.2012

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This brand of nostalgia feels much more real than the fleeting daydream of recess, as if twenty-two year olds truly do want to crawl back into their TVs and live safely tucked inside their favorite 80s sitcoms forever.

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Deadbeat Nation: Why the Public Should Cut Off Wall Street's Credit

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.26.2012

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The real debt in this nation is the one that bankers owe the rest of the country. And as long as our politicians are allowed to rescue banks while ignoring consumers, it's a debt that will continue to go unpaid. And it will continue to grow.

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Sallie Mae Makes Some Significant And Needed Changes

AP | CANDICE CHOI | Posted 04.03.2012

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NEW YORK — Private student lender Sallie Mae is changing how it handles a fee it charges struggling borrowers who seek to temporarily suspend pa...

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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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Tales Of A Phone Monkey: My Tour Of Duty At Sallie Mae

Dan Lybarger | Posted 01.30.2012

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A little over 20 years ago, if you had your lunch or dinner interrupted by a caller wanting you to fork over on your student loans, I may have been th...

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The $1 Trillion Student Loan Debt Bubble: An Interview With Robert Applebaum

Brett Greene | Posted 01.09.2012

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After writing an article on forgiving student loan debt as a way to stimulate the economy I was alerted to the fact that Robert Applebaum has a websit...

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Occupy Any Street: The Deferment of the American Dream

Alisha L. Gordon, M.Ed. | Posted 12.19.2011

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$89,263.66. That's how much it cost for me to achieve the "American dream." Sallie Mae sold me that dream. Eleven years later, I am unemployed and scraping every month while asking "What happens to a dream deferred?"

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Sallie Mae Cuts Interest Rates On Student Loans

AP | CANDICE CHOI | Posted 07.16.2011

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NEW YORK – Sallie Mae is lowering the interest rates it charges on its student loans. But the price cut likely won't attract a surge of new borr...

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Six Ways Americans Pay For College

Posted 05.25.2011

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Despite tightening budgets and a dearth of jobs, students and their families are not cutting back on education, according to a Gallup/Sallie Mae study...

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The War Against the Republic: The Battle Of Madison

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

The election in Wisconsin is the latest example of a corrupted two-party system where neither party adequately represents the majority's will. One tramples on it, using lies and fear, and the other offers only the weakest defense.

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College Savings Remains Family Priority: Study

AP | DAVID PITT | Posted 05.25.2011

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DES MOINES, Iowa — Parents remain determined to save money for college even in the tough economy, but they're not always choosing the methods that g...

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Recent Grad Asks For Help Repaying $200,000 In Loans

Posted 05.25.2011

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Currently, Northeastern alum Kelli Space, 23, is $200,000 in debt because of her student loans. She must pay federal student loan agency Sallie Mae $8...

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Banks Spend $83 Million to Promote Student Credit Card Use

Scott Gamm | Posted 05.25.2011

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$83 million was spent to encourage college students to open up credit card accounts, which allow students to spend beyond their means and rack up huge amounts of credit card debt.

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Backdoor Bailout, Tea Party Fakeout: The GOP's Secret $90 Billion Gift to Wall Street

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

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GOP candidates are making a point of running against "bailouts." Yet even as they rail about rescuing big banks, they're working on a plan that would slip those same banks an estimated $90 billion.

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Families Trim Plans To Pay For College In Wake Of Bad Economy

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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American families are scaling back plans to pay for their children's college education as the stunted economic recovery continues to weigh on househol...

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Appalled at the High Cost of a Sheepskin? Part of the Blame Falls on John Boehner

Jane White | Posted 05.25.2011

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Unlike most politicians, who at least pretend to put taxpayers' interests above those of big business, House Minority Leader John Boehner makes no bones about where his priorities lie.

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Sallie Mae Job CUTS: 2,500 Jobs Lost Under New Student Loan Law

AP | EILEEN AJ CONNELLY | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Sallie Mae says a new law that cuts banks out of the federal student loan business is costing 2,500 workers their jobs. The nation's...

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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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