Student Loan Scandal

Ed Lester and the Student Loan Company tax scandal - Belfast Telegraph

Ed Lester and the Student Loan Company tax scandal Belfast Telegraph By Adrian Huston My latest video is about the story broken by the BBC that Ed Lester (Chief Executive of the Student Loans Company) is not taxed the way a Chief Executive should be. Video is at www.Youtube.com/HustonTV . On £182000 salary the tax and ... and more »

Chile's education minister slashes student loan rates - Santiago Times

Chile's education minister slashes student loan rates Santiago Times Interest rates on student loans are on their way to being reduced from 6 percent to 2 percent following a vote of 56 to 44 in Chile's Chamber of Deputies on Monday; the bill is now under review in the Senate. The interest rate on state-guaranteed loans ...

Illinois Attorney General's Office Plans to Sue Westwood College - LoanSafe

Illinois Attorney General's Office Plans to Sue Westwood College LoanSafe by Alex Ferreras on January 18, 2012 in Student Loans (Source: Gregory Karp Chicago Tribune) – The Illinois attorney general's office is lashing out at Westwood College, which has four Chicago-area campuses, claiming the institution misleads students ... and more »

For-Profit Colleges Under Attack for Treatment of Veterans - LoanSafe

For-Profit Colleges Under Attack for Treatment of Veterans LoanSafe by Alex Ferreras on January 23, 2012 in Student Loans (Source: Gregory Karp Chicago Tribune) – For-profit colleges are coming under attack again, this time for allegedly preying on military veterans. Sen. Dick Durbin, D.-Ill., is scheduled to hold a ... and more »

Old mortgages rise from the dead, haunt homeowners - Reuters

Old mortgages rise from the dead, haunt homeowners Reuters But what the Bowers never imagined was that their old loan, the one Wells Fargo told them was paid off, would resurrect itself, trashing their credit report, scotching their son's student loans and throwing the whole family into foreclosure. and more »

Assessing the President's Proposals on Higher Education Costs - Heritage.org

Assessing the President's Proposals on Higher Education Costs Heritage.org In 2009, more than half of those students who graduated from public colleges were in debt, with an average loan burden of $19800. For private college graduates, the percentage in debt and the amount were even greater. Fees keep rising rapidly, ... and more »

American Whistleblower Tour Comes to Florida International University on Wednesday - Government Accountability Project (blog)

Government Accountability Project (blog)

American Whistleblower Tour Comes to Florida International University on Wednesday Government Accountability Project (blog) Dr. Jon H. Oberg: In 2003, while at the Department of Education in a research capacity, Dr. Oberg discovered illegal payments to student loan lenders of federal tax dollars that department officials instructed him not to investigate further.