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Defaulted Student Loan Turn in a Nightmare review

Published on 2011-04-25 16:05:36 By admin
Joe was in the hospital when he received a letter informing him that the Education Credit Management Corp was giving him 30 days to repay his student loans or that they would start garnishing his wages. You see, Joe had defaulted student loans on a student loan for a degree that he had not even [...]

How to Consolidate When Your Student Loan Defaults

Published on 2011-04-04 17:37:56 By admin
Wouldn’t you like to know how to consolidate your defaulted student loan and still get the benefits of Income-Based Repayment (IBR)? Contrary to information you find in the Internet suggesting you are not entitled to the benefit of a reduced monthly payment plan under IBR. In searching the Internet I found that most sites tell [...]

Investigation charges schools rake in federal student loan

Published on 2010-10-13 04:14:17 By frankliz11
The investigation reports: 1- That for-profit colleges are often much more expensive than comparable public ones. According to a report by the Government Accountability Office, one for-profit institution charged $14,000 for a certificate in computer-aided drafting that a local community college offered for just $520. 2- That although only 12 percent of post-secondary students go [...]

Default Rates Rise for Federal Student Loans

Published on 2011-11-03 15:00:34 By admin
Millions of student facing problems to pay student loans, what can you? The U.S. Department of Education today released the official FY 2009 national student loan cohort default rate, which has risen to 8.8 percent, up from 7.0 percent in FY 2008. The cohort default rates increased for all sectors: from 6.0 percent to 7.2 [...]