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(Paul Koepp, Deseret News) -- Higher education officials warned Wednesday that continued budget cuts for Utah's colleges would have serious negative consequences. Gov. Gary Herbert held higher education funding steady in his budget proposal. But the Legislature, looking to offset Medicaid costs and even out a "structural imbalance" of more than $300 million, is considering a...
READ · Jan 20
In a bill signed by the President March 30th, a major change is coming to the way students receive and repay student loans. Since 1977, Utah's students have worked directly with the non-profit Utah Higher Education Assistance Authority (UHEAA), but beginning July 1, 2010, all student loans will be made directly by the U.S. Treasury and serviced...
READ · Mar 31
For more than four decades, students have borrowed money from Uncle Sam to pay for college. That tradition continues this year, but with a twist: Starting July 1, all students who take out federal student loans will borrow directly from the federal government, instead of through a private lender. The change, included in the health care overhaul bill...
READ · Mar 30
WASHINGTON Along with the major health care legislation, the House on Sunday approved a major revamping of federal student loan programs that eliminates fees paid to private banks to act as intermediaries. Instead, the government will expand a direct lending program, a step that the Congressional Budget Office said would save taxpayers $61 billion over 10...
READ · Mar 22
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