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CONFLICTS OF INTEREST?
Despite a settlement with New York's attorney general, Andrew M. Cuomo (above), Sallie Mae, the student-loan giant, continues to play host to the online presence of a few colleges' student-aid operations.
Solution to Loan 'Crisis' May Create Bigger Problems
The Education Department's hasty drive to draft rules for a lender-of-last-resort system is one example of the ways in which the world of student loans has been turned upside down. Electronic Portfolios May Answer Calls for More Accountability One-Quarter of Community Colleges Do Not Offer Federal Loans, Study Finds Following in the Footsteps of Chase, Citibank Stops Lending to Certain Colleges Texas Tech Faculty Members Challenge Report's View of Their Teaching Time Education Department Reaches Agreement With Student-Aid Panel on New Rules Spellings Seeks Clearer Federal Authority in the Event of a Student-Loan Crisis Bush to Speak at 2 College Commencements New Virginia Laws Respond to Campus-Safety Fears House Bill Seeks to Prevent -- and Prepare For -- a Crisis in Student Lending Thousands May Lose Out on Perkins Loans This Year State Community-College Leaders See Pressures Building on Their Institutions Lawsuit Accuses U. of Texas of Illegally Reintroducing Race-Based Admissions Spellings Plans Strategy Session on Lender-of-Last-Resort Provisions For-Profit Colleges Seek -- and Find -- New Allies Among House Freshmen Credit Unions Will Lobby Congress for Loan-Subsidy Benefit Senator Kennedy Offers Student-Loan Bill to Ease Effects of Credit Crunch AFFIRMATIVE-ACTION CASE: A lawsuit by a rejected student accuses the University of Texas at Austin of improperly considering race in admissions. FALLING FUNDS: Less money from the federal government means fewer and smaller Perkins Loans for students, college officials say. SEEKING CONSIDERATION: Credit unions want recognition, in the form of favorable subsidy rates, for their growing role in providing student loans. GRASSLEY'S NEW HIRE: The new senior counsel to a key U.S. senator intends to follow her predecessor's record of investigating college endowments and other nonprofit tax matters. HAND-HELD HELP: A bill in committee in the U.S. House of Representatives would provide relief to colleges and others that give their employees cellphones and BlackBerrys. |
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