Consumer-Protection Agency Seeks Oversight of Nonbank Student-Loan Servicers
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION. MARCH 14, 2013. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed a rule on Thursday that would allow the federal agency to supervise large nonbank student-loan...
View ArticleCalls Mount for Changing How Interest Rates Are Set on Federal Student Loans
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION. APRIL 9, 2013. President Obama’s budget for the 2014 fiscal year, due out on Wednesday, is expected to propose moving to market-based interest rates on federal...
View ArticleProposed Student-Loan Reforms Set Activists and Lawmakers at Odds
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION. APRIL 12, 2013. With interest rates on federal student loans set to double this summer, student-advocacy groups have intensified their calls for Congress to find a...
View Article5 Things to Consider When Taking Out Student Loans
Federal student loans can be a great way to help pay for college or career school. W
View ArticleConcerns on Loan Denials
INSIDE HIGHER ED. MAY 22, 2013. Since the Education Department changed its underwriting standards for loans to students’ parents in 2011, 400,000 parents have been denied the loans. The denials have...
View ArticleObama Pledges Veto for House GOP Bill on Student-Loan Interest Rates
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION. MAY 22, 2013. President Obama promised on Wednesday to veto legislation, currently pending in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, that would prevent...
View ArticleHouse approves Republican student loan bill
THE WASHINGTON POST. MAY 23, 2013. The House approved a Republican proposal Thursday to allow interest rates on federal student loans to rise or fall from year to year with the government’s cost of...
View ArticleMOOCs: Will Online Courses Help More Students Stay in School?
POLICYMIC. MAY 24, 2013. Editor’s Note: This article is part of a special week of discussion PolicyMic is hosting withNoodle and EdTech Women around online education. Read more about the content...
View ArticleSenate Compromise Aims to Avert Doubling of Student-Loan Interest Rates
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION. JUNE 19, 2013. With interest rates on some federal student loans set to double in less than two weeks, a bipartisan group of senators is circulating a proposal that...
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