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Student financial aid in Pennsylvania gets a boost
State agency to pump an additional $50 million into needs-based college program. In the face of historic budget cuts and tuition hikes, colleges across Pennsylvania are breathing one small sigh of relief for their students.

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Get help to pay off student debt
Maurice Rowlin went to college more than 25 years ago, but his unpaid student loans continued to accrue interest.

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Student Housing a Surprising Bright Spot for Developers, Investors
With development near a standstill for most new office, industrial and retail space , institutional capital has increasingly turned its focus on a few distinct property niches benefitting from advantageous demographic and business trends, such as medical offices, data centers and self-storage facilities. More recently, student housing, a specialized niche within multifamily, has generated …

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CU Student Lending, LLC to Offer Member Referral Marketing Program
CUSO Representing Over 110 Credit Unions Announces Member Referral Program for Credit Unions Outside of its Lending NetworkClark, NJ (PRWEB) June 28, 2011 CU Student Lending, LLC, a credit union service organization (CUSO) that developed and manages the cuStudentLoans private student loan program, today announced the launch of a member referral program that allows credit unions outside of its …

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Part of success is to provide the tools at SJC student orientations
Hundreds of incoming San Jacinto College (SJC) students recently visited the Central campus to learn of the various resources to maximum success during their first two years of college.

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Student loan defaults 
put colleges at risk
For Tim Balzer, graduate school has become a place of financial refuge. The 2002 Little Miami High School alum is accruing $37 in interest weekly on his more than $60,000 in student loans that so far have bought him two undergraduate majors, a minor and a master’s degree, all in theater and mathematics.None has led to a job offer.

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Student defaults 
put colleges at risk
For Tim Balzer, graduate school has become a place of financial refuge. The 2002 Little Miami High School alum is accruing $37 in interest weekly on his more than $60,000 in student loans that so far have bought him two undergraduate majors, a minor and a master’s degree, all in theater and mathematics.None has led to a job offer.

Read more on The Hamilton Journal News

Student loan season now in full swing
While families borrow money for college throughout the year, summer tends to be the peak borrowing season for students who have just been admitted to college and parents looking for ways to pay for it.

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Demand for Student Loans and Car Loans Increases
According to the Federal Reserve, non-real estate consumer debt increased by $7.2 billion during the month of April, as consumers borrowed with abandon to buy cars and pay for college. Farewell, new-found thriftiness. It’s the seventh consecutive month of consumer debt increases. In other words, we can pretty much throw out the thousands of stories [...]

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S.W.A.T.Team Raids Home Over Student Loans
A S.W.A.T. team broke down a California man’s front door Tuesday because his wife defaulted on student loans. The officers, under orders from the United States Department of Education, raided Kenneth . . .

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