For-Profit Colleges Could Lose Federal Aid

Some for-profit colleges may lose access to U.S. government aid as the Department of Education works to improve oversight of the sector.

Colleges that pay recruiters based on how many students they sign up could be disqualified from participating in …

College Finance: Why Student Loans Should Be Pay as You Go

President Obama’s national deficit panel sparked an uproar from student advocates with its proposal to end the in-school interest subsidy on school loans. I’d go even further, and end the deferral of repayment until after gradu…

Are Student Credit Cards Really That Big of a Deal?

American colleges took in $83 million from credit card companies, leading some to wonder if college students are being exploited by the industry. But here are the real numbers: The average college student graduates with about $…

Citigroup May Sell Student Loan Corp. to Sallie Mae Consortium

Citigroup (C) plans to sell its student-lending unit Student Loan Corp. to a consortium including Sallie Mae as early as today, The New York Post reported.

Citigroup owns 80% of the company, with another 20% being publicly traded. It is the country’s second-largest student lender, after Sallie Mae.

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The deal could see Sallie Mae and another company offer as much as $600 million to…

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