Chairman Miller Applauds Obama Administration for Simplifying Federal Student Aid Application

WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA) the chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee today praised President Barack Obama and U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan for announcing a new effort to simplify the federal student aid application called the FAFSA. The Obama administ ...

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Students Could Wave Goodbye to Merit–based Federal Aid

In another move to restructure the federal financial aid system President Obama has proposed ending the government’s five-year foray into merit-based student aid and redirecting those financial aid funds to the need-based Pell Grant program reports The Chronicle of Higher Education (“An Exp ...

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A student loan company accused of hiding fees in loan agreements cannot force the lead plaintiff in a putative class action into arbitration a New York federal judge has ruled finding the terms of the loan unconscionable. Joshua G. Fensterstock a 2003 Hofstra University School of Law graduate a ...