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New Study Shows Post-FAFSA Paperwork Keeps Students from Getting Financial Aid
The Institute for College Access & Success - July 26, 2010A new report by The Institute for College Access & Success examines how the complicated process after students submit their federal financial aid application can keep them from getting grants they...
Education Department Takes Key Step to Protect Students and Taxpayers from Career Education Rip-Offs
The Institute for College Access & Success - July 22, 2010On July 23 the Obama Administration proposed a definition for "gainful employment" to protect students and taxpayers from getting ripped off by career education programs that over-promise and...
Big Wins for Students in Final Financial Reform Bill
The Project on Student Debt - June 25, 2010House and Senate conferees reached an agreement on historic financial reforms, including creating a much-needed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) with authority over risky private student...
July 1 Brings Important Changes to Federal Student Loans
The Project on Student Debt - June 23, 2010July 1 will bring several significant changes to federal student loans that benefit new and current borrowers. Some interest rates will decrease, and updated rules for Income-Based Repayment (IBR)...
Proposed Education Department Rules Would Curb Financial Aid Fraud and Abuse
The Project on Student Debt - June 16, 2010Statement of Pauline Abernathy, vice president of the Institute for College Access & Success, on the Department of Education's proposed rules on the "program integrity" of Title IV financial aid.
Statement of Senate Passage of Financial Reform Bill
The Project on Student Debt - May 21, 2010Statement from Pauline Abernathy, vice president of the Institute for College Access & Success (home of the Project on Student Debt) on the U.S. Senate's passage of the historic financial reform...
Sallie Mae’s Private Loans Exempt from Financial Reform Bill?
The Project on Student Debt - May 3, 2010In a letter sent today, nearly 40 organizations that advocate for students, civil rights, higher education, and consumers called on U.S. senators to close worrisome gaps in the Senate financial...
Borrowers with Private Student Loans Could Get Bankruptcy Relief
The Project on Student Debt - April 22, 2010Statement from Lauren Asher on private student loans and bankruptcy. Senator Dick Durbin and Representative Steve Cohen introduced legislation (S. 3219 and H.R. 5043) to treat private student loans...
New Survey: Most Colleges Maintaining Pledges to Limit Student Loans
The Project on Student Debt - April 8, 2010In the wake of recent announcements that Williams College and Dartmouth College were scaling back their “no-loan” financial aid pledges, a new survey finds that 50 other colleges with policies to...
Congress Passes Major Student Aid Reform
The Project on Student Debt - March 26, 2010Statement of Lauren Asher on the final passage of the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, which will make college more affordable for millions of Americans by streamlining the federal...
