Higher Ed

Low Loan Interest Rates, More Work-Study Pushed by Obama

Wednesday, January 25, 2012
By | Rich Williams
Higher Education Advocate

In the annual State of the Union Address, President Obama proposed measures to bring relief to almost 8 million students who will see their student loan interest rates double on new loans starting July 1st, 2012.

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