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More Parents Dip Into Retirement Funds To Pay For College – Huffington Post (blog)

More Parents Dip Into Retirement Funds To Pay For College Huffington Post (blog) According to a new Sallie Mae/Gallup survey, the percentage of college parents who are using their retirement funds to pay for college expenses has doubled. ... Sallie Mae Encourages Parents to Make a Commitment to Save for College During ... MarketWatch (press release) Retirement savings vs. college Bankrate.com all 13 news articles
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Upromise by Sallie Mae Awards $250000 in College Scholarships – MarketWatch (press release)

Upromise by Sallie Mae Awards $250000 in College Scholarships MarketWatch (press release) NEWTON, Mass., Jun 08, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- One hundred students nationwide are now closer to achieving their college dreams thanks to scholarships ... and more
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Save for College with Upromise and Drive to School in a New Car! Upromise … – MarketWatch (press release)

Save for College with Upromise and Drive to School in a New Car! Upromise ... MarketWatch (press release) Well if you're saving for college with Upromise, you've got a chance to do just that! Upromise by Sallie Mae just made saving for college even more ... and more
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Upromise by Sallie Mae Awards $20000 for College to Tuition Tales Video … – MarketWatch (press release)

Upromise by Sallie Mae Awards $20000 for College to Tuition Tales Video ... MarketWatch (press release) Currently in its third year, Tuition Tales was developed by Upromise to jumpstart national conversations about saving and paying for college . ... and more
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Pennsylvania: Sallie Mae Letting 100 Go in July (Wilkes Barre Times-Leader)

"One hundred customer service workers at the Sallie Mae center in Hanover Township have been informed that they'll lose their jobs July 16," the Wilkes Barre Times-Leader reports. "The news wasn't unexpected. Just last month the Reston, Va.-based student lending and loan processing company announced that 2,500 total workers will be let go by the end of 2011, including all 1,200 workers at the company's centers in Killeen, Texas, and Panama City, Fla."
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It's excellent to get info on financing college . I haven't bought this book . Read the book but don't get a Sallie Mae loan. You need to read the online reviews of all the people trying to payoff their Sallie Mae loans. It is terrifying. ...
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Indiana: Reform of Student Loans Hits Sallie Mae (Indianapolis Star)

"Tough days could be ahead for Sallie Mae employees in Central Indiana. The student-loan giant is looking at layoffs and consolidation after spending the past year fighting student-loan reform, which Congress approved last week," the Indianapolis Star reports.
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Letter to the Editor: Sallie Mae’s Efforts to Support Obama’s Student-Loan Plan (Washington Post)

"Contrary to Education Secretary Arne Duncan's assertions ['Investing in students, not the banks,'] Sallie Mae is not lobbying to preserve today's student-loan program. In fact, our efforts have been focused on supporting the foundation of the president's proposal with a few enhancements that would preserve jobs and deliver a better program for students, schools and taxpayers," writes Jack Remondi, vice chairman and chief financial officer of Sallie Mae, in the Washington Post.
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What Sallie Mae Won’t Tell You About Its Proposal (Higher Ed Watch)

"Sallie Mae officials now concede that there are indeed tens of billions of dollars in savings to be had by eliminating the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program and moving to an all-direct lending system," Higher Ed Watch reports. "Sallie Mae is pushing lawmakers to allow private lenders to continue marketing federal student loans to colleges as is done under the existing FFEL program ... [ensuring that] college financial aid administrators remain in charge of choosing lenders to originate their students’ federal loans ... Getting the college financial aid office’s imprimatur is extremely valuable to Sallie Mae because it gives the company a captive audience of students who usually stick to aid administrators’ recommendations.
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White House Takes Aim at Lobbyists Trying to Sink Student-Loan Bill (Huffington Post)

"Taking aim at Sallie Mae, the largest student lender in the country and a driving force behind the lobbying effort, Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Tuesday accused the company of using taxpayer funds to lobby and advertise, and cast its executives as white-collar millionaires uninterested in serious education reform," the Huffington Post reports.
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