WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Student advocacy groups warned U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Jr. that a new program to support private student loans could hurt borrowers.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. Education Department is working to ensure student access to federal loans during the financial crisis, Secretary Margaret Spellings said Thursday.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings said Saturday steps were being taken to assure student loans would be available for the 2009-2010 school year.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- The Bush administration is working to ensure the student loan market is viable during the U.S. financial crisis, the Treasury and Education departments said.
NEW YORK, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. credit crunch has pushed dozens of banks out of the tuition loan business, forcing many potential students to look for work, advocates said.
WASHINGTON, May 1 (UPI) -- U.S. senators took a step in the right direction by approving a bill intended to shore up the federal student loan business, a leading educator said Thursday.
WASHINGTON, April 26 (UPI) -- U.S. President George W. Bush Saturday urged Congress to send him legislation he said would help students obtain college loans in a tightening credit market.
WASHINGTON, April 23 (UPI) -- The Bush administration has endorsed a plan before Congress to buy back student loans to ensure that students can continue to borrow for college.
WASHINGTON, April 17 (UPI) -- Hedge fund managers are turning their attention to congressional attempts in Washington to fix the struggling student loan business, analysts said.
WASHINGTON, April 10 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Education may be authorized to purchase federally guaranteed student loans to restore stability in the lending program, officials said.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 28 (UPI) -- A leading student loan agency in Pennsylvania said Thursday it will stop making federally guaranteed loans.
NEW YORK, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- A state program in Michigan that makes student loans said it was suspending its Alternative Student Loans program due to problems on Wall Street.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Pennsylvania's student loan agency exploited a subsidy program to collect $34 million from Washington, a U.S. Education Department audit said.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- A new $20 billion U.S. college-aid bill is the largest higher-education investment since the GI Bill helped millions of World War II veterans, supporters say.
WASHINGTON, June 10 (UPI) -- Rising student loans offered by private lenders not only have frustrated U.S. lawmakers but left graduates buried under a mountain of debt.
