Obama plans sweeping action on financial bailout Posted 1/22/2009 4:40 AM By Sue Kirchhoff and Barbara Hagenbaugh, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — U.S. Treasury secretary nominee Timothy Geithner said Pres

Obama sheds light on education while students remain in the dark Vanessa Santos Published: Friday, February 6, 2009 Updated: Friday, February 6, 2009 Having been in office for just over two we

Obama Student Lending Plan Draws Ire Of Banks, Some Colleges May 19, 2009: 08:07 PM ET WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- House Democrats on Wednesday will start work on legislation that would cut priva

Obama's student loan plan moving forward with health bill By Nick Anderson and Alec MacGillis Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, March 18, 2010 President Obama moved closer to achieving

Obama’s Student-Loan Plan May Save Less Than Thought (Update2) By Molly Peterson July 28 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama’s plan to end federal subsidies to student-loan providers such

President Barack Obama has announced a huge overhaul of financial aid programs for students. The proposal would increase grants to the neediest students and allow those grants to rise with the inflat

What’s in the New Student Loan Proposal By JONATHAN D. GLATER Published: March 11, 2009 Higher-education experts say the Obama administration has proposed the broadest overhaul of federal coll