Student Aid News - Update on Student Loans
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In the News Archive
Updated April 10, 2008 9:35 AM EST
News Clip on Student Loan Crisis, featuring PHEAA Interim CEO James Preston CNBC (2/29/2008)
- Ed. Dept. Relaxes Its Rules on Preferred-Lender Lists
The Chronicle of Higher Education (5/30/2008) - 7 KB PDF - Toward Federal Funding of Guaranteed Student Loans
Inside Higher Ed (5/27/2008) - 16 KB PDF - Key Lawmakers Plan for Student Loan Credit Crunch
Inside Higher Ed (4/4/2008) - 12 KB PDF - PHEAA names new CEO at critical time
The Patriot-News (3/20/2008) - 5 KB PDF - Congress Prepares for Student-Loan Crisis, While Declaring It Unlikely
The Chronicle of Higher Education (3/20/2008) - 11 KB PDF - Counterpoint: Competition aids students
The Patriot-News (3/19/2008) - 8 KB PDF - Direct loan plan could cause debt
The Daily Collegian (3/17/2008) - 7 KB PDF - The Credit Crunch and Student Loans: Don't React Before Getting the Facts

NASFAA (3/17/2008) - 850 KB PDF - Higher Education Update: Secretary Spellings testified on federal student aid
U.S. Department of Education (3/15/2008) - 9 KB PDF - PA Treasurer Testifies Before Congress About Turmoil In Municipal Bond Market
PA Department of Treasury (3/12/2008) - 8 KB PDF - A Student Loan Credit Crunch - But for Whom?
Inside Higher Ed (3/12/2008) - 13 KB PDF - Credit Crisis May Make College Loans More Costly
Washington Post (3/3/2008) - 11 KB PDF - A Lender Halts U.S.-Backed Student Loans
New York Times (2/28/2008) - 8 KB PDF - Spellings Seeks to Reassure Colleges as Pheaa Joins Student Lenders Who Are Scaling Back
The Chronicle of Higher Education (2/28/2008) - 11 KB PDF - Pennsylvania student loans still plentiful, agency says
Philadelphia Inquirer (2/28/2008) - 7 KB PDF - No disruption in student loans, PHEAA says
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Online (2/28/2008) - 5 KB PDF - PHEAA suspends federal student loans
Forbes (2/27/2008) - 5 KB PDF - PHEAA suspends student loans
MSNBC (2/27/2008) - 6 KB PDF - As Lending Tightens, Education Could Suffer
New York Times - Online (2/19/2008) - 8 KB PDF