Student loan bonds find buyers at auction (Missoulian)
HELENA - For the first time since Feb. 10, some student loan bonds previously issued by the Montana Higher Education Student Assistance Corp. were resold on Wall Street on Thursday.

Steve Bucci: Paying down student loan debt takes a plan, patience (Arizona Daily Star)
Q Several years ago, I used unsecured private loans to finance my education. I currently hold six different loans (one of which is actually a federal loan) with two different lenders. The total amount of debt that I have is roughly $56,000, and all the loans (with the exception of the federal) have outrageously high interest rates.

Lower your student loan interest rate (CNN Money)
Do you have any advice for people with private student loans? My husband faces an interest rate of 10% attached to his private student loans. Is there any hope to reduce it? - Katie, Ga.

Lender drops federal student loan program (UPI)
A leading student loan agency in Pennsylvania said Thursday it will stop making federally guaranteed loans.

Loan organizations end participation (The Daily American)
College Loan Corp., the nation’s eighth largest student lender, ended its participation in the FFELP program. Iowa Student Loan Liquidity Corp. announced it is unable to properly fund loans for the 2008-09 school year.

Fitch Rates SLM Student Loan Trust, 2008-3 (Centre Daily Times)
Fitch rates the following SLM Student Loan Trust, 2008-3 classes:

Lender drops federal student loan program (Moldova.org)
A leading student loan agency in Pennsylvania said Thursday it will stop making federally guaranteed loans.The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, is among a number of student loan programs to halt at least some of their loans due to a tightening in credit markets.The agency serves millions of students and thousands of schools nationally, its Web site says.Interim Chief Executive ...

Probe of student loan kickbacks to widen (Charleston Daily Mail)
WESTBURY, N.Y. - The state Attorney General's Office has widened the scope of its investigation into conflicts of interest in higher education, expanding its probe of kickbacks in the student loan industry to a broad range of companies doing business on college campuses across the nation.

Get a handle on student debt (The Columbus Dispatch)
Q: Several years ago, I used unsecured private loans to finance my education. I have six loans (one of which is actually a federal loan) with two lenders. The total amount of debt that I have is roughly $56,000, and all the loans (with the exception of the federal) have outrageously high interest rates.

Student loan debts rise while repayments vary (Scoop.co.nz)
The number of students borrowing in a year under the Student Loan Scheme reached a high of 167,400 in 2006, Statistics New Zealand said today. The 8 percent increase from 154,404 in 2005 is the biggest annual percentage increase in the number of borrowers since 2001.