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Student-Loan Investigation Sweeps Up More Colleges
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Basken, Paul; Field, Kelly – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007
An expanding investigation into conflicts of interest in the student-loan industry continued to sweep up more lenders and college financial-aid administrators last week. The nation's largest student-loan provider, Sallie Mae, accepted a $2-million settlement with New York State's attorney general, Andrew M. Cuomo, and three more college officials…
Descriptors: Student Loan Programs, Student Financial Aid Officers, Higher Education, Advisory Committees
Suspended Education Department Official Had Approved Waiver for Former Employer
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Basken, Paul – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007
Matteo Fontana, the student-aid official in the U.S. Department of Education who was suspended last month in an ethics case, issued a controversial high-stakes legal ruling in 2004 that benefited his former employer, Sallie Mae, on the day before the nation's top student lender completed its transition from a government-founded lender into a…
Descriptors: Ethics, Conflict of Interest, Student Loan Programs, Higher Education