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Fortunately, the College does not appear to have a preferred lenders list. Undergraduates who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents with good credit histories can borrow up to the full cost of attendance (less financial aid) through the federal Direct PLUS program in addition to the standard federal direct subsidized and unsubsidized student loans. Other residents of the U.S. or Canada, as well as international students with an eligible co-applicant, can borrow up to full cost through the Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority, a non-profit state organization created by the state legislature in 1982 to provide inexpensive student financing...
...Director of MBA Financial Aid Susan S. Gilbert wrote in an e-mail yesterday, “Since the private loan program we have with Citibank is a no-fee, sub-prime loan, we’ve seen very little interest in borrowing private loans from other lenders.” The same sentiment was echoed by HLS Assistant Director of Financial Aid Denise Ryan, who maintains that “we list Citibank because they have very favorable Stafford terms...
...negotiating a preferred lender agreement does not excuse financial aid offices from fully informing students about their options and the different incentives that various lenders offer. When asked why more comprehensive loan comparison data isn’t available in a brochure or on the HLS Web site, Ryan cited time and space limitations, saying that “we just don’t have it put together,” while dismissing the University’s preferred lender agreement with Citibank as irrelevant. Moreover, University Financial Aid Liaison Officer Laurie A. Hogan told The Crimson that...
...fact stands that the only private lender listed by many of Harvard’s schools on their financial aid Web sites is Citibank. Harvard should offer its students a more comprehensive picture of the range of options available to them, and in this spirit, the University should take action on two fronts: First, the graduate schools ought to compile and distribute data about private lenders unprivileged by preferred status; and second, a written policy should be published on financial aid Web sites stating that the University and its officials will reject kickback payments and other gifts as part...
...Indeed, sowing discord among the five parties could be North Korea's chief reason to resume the negotiations. Despite U.N. sanctions, South Korea, which favors engagement with the North, has been slow to reduce aid and trade with Pyongyang, while the South Korean public is just as likely to blame President Bush for the nuclear standoff as it is Kim Jong Il. Even after the test, China and South Korea still fear a collapsing North Korea more than they do a nuclear one, while Japan and the U.S. would like nothing more than to see Kim gone. Russia...