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In recent years, undergraduates have become increasingly reliant on expensive private student loans, which unlike federal loans, have uncapped interest rates that vary month to month based on market conditions. They also offer less flexible repayment options…

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From the start of Higher Ed Watch in September 2006, we have focused a healthy amount of attention on the non-profit company EduCap, which until recently marketed private student loans under the brand name Loan to Learn. The company, which is owned by the Washington, DC socialite Catherine B. Reynolds, shut down…

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Readers comment on items weeks or even months after a post first appears, and we fear that some may miss valuable and interesting feedback. So from time to time, we at Higher Ed Watch are going to highlight moving, thoughtful, and sometimes incendiary comments that we have received on…

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