Clinton Launches Homestrech Fight for Simon-led Shift to New College...

U.S. Newswire;  May 11, 1993 ;     460 words ......Illinois today will be the direct student loan program advanced by...Clinton pitched the student loan plan in an address at...the proposed direct student loan program. Simon, who...proposed loan structure -- direct student loans, with ...

President Clinton Will Launch Homestrech Fight for Simon-led Shift to New...

U.S. Newswire;  May 10, 1993 ;     449 words ......Tuesday will be the direct student loan program advanced by...address about the direct student loan plan at Fenton High...the proposed direct student loan program. Simon, who launched the drive for direct student loans two years ago...proposed loan ...

CBA HAILS INTRODUCTION OF STUDENT LOAN BILL

PR Newswire;  March 6, 1995 ;     323 words ......today hailed the Student Loan Evaluation and...implementation of direct loans to assure the best possible student loan program for America...policy making. Direct loans need to be evaluated...gained regarding direct loans. CBA pledged...

Simon Hails Clinton Direct Student Loan Plan, Warns of Spirited 'Last...

U.S. Newswire;  April 30, 1993 ;     416 words ......shift from the Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL) program to a new structure...to fully shift from GSL to direct loans. The president has anchored...legislation. "President Clinton's student loan plan deserves strong support...costly and unaccountable. Direct loans with ...

Banking lobbyists go to battle over student loan plan

The Boston Globe;  May 14, 1993 ;     700+ words ......government takeover of the student loan business. The struggle...the quasigovernmental Student Loan Marketing Association...voice their support for direct loans, a proposal by Clinton...government argues that direct loans would be easier...Kennedy, who introduced the ...

The student loan dilemma. (Originated from Knight-Ridder/Tribune News...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  July 6, 1993 ;     700+ words ......current system, in which student loans are offered through...suggest, proponents of direct loans ought to be prepared...not under a direct student loan system. What will not...of Education fought direct loans, arguing that it couldn...a plan to phase in direct ...

Statement by Secretary Riley on Senate Committee Action on the Student...

U.S. Newswire;  June 10, 1993 ;     700+ words ......reporting out the Student Loan Reform Act of 1993...complicated guaranteed student loan program, make college...implementation of direct lending and to ensuring...guaranteed loans to direct loans, as was contained...imple menting the Student Loan Reform Act of ...

Feds said they would have to hire hundreds to handle direct...

The Washington Times;  April 3, 1996 ;     413 words ......Clinton's direct government student loan program would add 600 jobs...employees] to implement Direct Loans . . . Mr. Simon went on...involvement in the current student loan programs because of a federal...not eliminated. The direct student loan program puts the U.S. ...

No student loan crunch - yet

The Boston Globe;  April 7, 2008 ;     414 words ......extremely unlikely" event of a student loan crisis. And US Education...monitoring the market and student loan volumes for signs that credit...the issue. He argues that Direct Loans are more economical because...Stonehill College only gives Direct Loans. And because ...

Student Loan Math

The Washington Post;  February 17, 2005 ;     589 words ......regulate and disburse student loans. For in just a...cost more or less than direct loans provided by the Education...and only 84 cents for direct loans. Not surprisingly, the student loan industry disputes these...real incentive to use direct loans. By contrast, ...

U.S. Department of Education Announces First Direct Loans Issued Under...

U.S. Newswire;  July 1, 1994 ;     480 words ......kicks off as the first direct loans are issued on July 1...Approximately $1 billion in direct loans, or 5 percent of total student loan volume will be made...academic year 1998-99, direct loans will comprise at least...other types of federal student loans may ...

Education Secretary Says Student Loan Default Rates Continue Downward...

U.S. Newswire;  November 12, 1997 ;     700+ words ......announced that the national student loan default rate has dropped...William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program at that time...percent to 19.9 percent. Student loan volume has more than doubled...deduct $1,000 in interest on student loans starting in 1998...time, default rates for ...

HOUSE FLOOR STATEMENT BY U.S. REP. JOHN BOEHNER ON EMERGENCY STUDENT LOAN...

Capitol Hill Press Releases;  October 21, 1997 ;     365 words ......REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN ON EMERGENCY STUDENT LOAN CONSOLIDATION ACT OF 1997 (AS PREPARED...a student hoping to consolidate your direct loans, your government has sold you a lemon...out by letting them consolidate their direct loans through private lenders. The hard work...

Kennedy Targets Sallie Mae's Role; Incoming Committee Chairman Sees...

The Washington Post;  November 17, 2006 ;     416 words ......such as Reston-based Sallie Mae. "The student loan program works brilliantly for the...59 cents per dollar loaned, while direct loans cost the government 1.70 cents per...The executive director of America's Student Loan Providers said that such computations...education." As private ...

Sen. Paul Simon Sets Friday Visit to Elmhurst College as Campus Gears Up...

U.S. Newswire;  July 6, 1995 ;     494 words ......under the new Simon-led Direct Student Loan Program. With Financial...champion of the direct student loan program, which began...troubled guaranteed student loan program means a variety...under the guaranteed student loan program, have proposed...under the ...