Congressional Democrats on Thursday trimmed their original student loan plans, reduced spending for community colleges, and eliminated early childhood money from a broad rewrite of a college aid bill piggybacked on to fast-track health care legislation. The student loan measure would be ...
Pelosi says it won't be long before health care bill passes; Dems add student loans to package Under White House pressure to act swiftly, House and Senate Democratic leaders reached for agreement Friday on President Barack Obama's health care bill, sweetened suddenly ...
Health care plan could also help resurrect college aid plan Congressional Democrats want a stalled overhaul of college aid programs to get strapped onto a fast-track health care bill, giving both Obama administration priorities a better chance of passage. The student loan ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's stalled bid to overhaul the federal student loan program by cutting subsidies to private lenders and increasing aid to students received a boost on Friday. Democratic congressional leaders agreed to fold Obama's student-loan proposal into a ...
<div id="subtitle">No relief for parents: College tuition is up sharply, outstrips overall US inflation rate</div><div><p>With the economy struggling, parents and students dared to hope this year might offer a break from rising college costs. Instead, they got another sharp increase.</p><p> ...
<div id="subtitle">States sue on behalf of Silver State Helicopter students</div><div><p>California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. and 12 other state attorneys general today forced Student Loan Xpress, Inc. to provide $112.7 million in debt relief to students facing a "mountain of debt" ...
<div id="subtitle">US Sen. Johanns of Nebraska takes issue with administration's student loan stance</div><div><p>U.S. Sen. Mike Johanns said Thursday that his concern for Nebraska families is what's driving his opposition to legislation that would turn control of student loans over to the government ...
<div id="subtitle">OppenheimerFunds settles college savings plan lawsuit with state of Oregon for $20 million</div><div><p>OppenheimerFunds Inc. said Thursday it will pay $20 million to settle a lawsuit the state of Oregon filed over the company's management of its 529 college savings program.</p>< ...
<div id="subtitle">AP Impact: For-profit colleges reaping rewards of surge in government aid to poor students</div><div><p>Students aren't the only ones benefiting from the billions of new dollars Washington is spending on college aid for the poor.</p><p>An Associated Press analysis ...
<div id="subtitle">Fidelity Investments slashing fees on 529 college savings plans in 5 states</div><div><p>Fidelity Investments says it is slashing maintenance fees on the 529 college savings plans it runs in five states.</p><p>Fees on indexed plans will be cut in half ...
