Panel to urge new student loan rules
From Bloomberg News
U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings formed a task force to recommend new rules for the $85-billion student-loan industry as investigators probe allegedly deceptive practices by colleges and lenders.
The task force will examine the way that colleges recommend lenders to students and parents and review access to the department’s student-loan database on concerns that it was being misused for marketing.
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