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Education Department Prepares for Switch to 100% Direct Lending

Chronicle of Higher Education News Blog

July 9, 2009

On Wednesday the department began sending letters to colleges outlining steps it is taking to ease the switch to direct lending. Congress is set to decide on the president's proposal this month. But yesterday, on the e-mail list of FinAid, an independent financial-aid Web site, several financial-aid officers said the Education Department's letters present the president's proposal as a done deal.

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