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Sallie Mae's Straight Talk is a resource for analyses of proposed legislation and guidelines for the financial aid community. Read all the postings in our archive.

Previous Straight Talk postings

Washington Post: "Sallie Mae's About-Face on Loan Subsidies" (May 12, 2009)
Sallie Mae announces first quarter 2009 earnings results (PDF, 79KB) (April 23, 2009)
Sallie Mae responds to The New York Times (April 22, 2009)
Sallie Mae outlines principles for student loan program of the future (April 8, 2009)
New study: Sallie Mae helps students avoid default (March 26, 2009)
Sallie Mae sends letter to schools regarding Parent PLUS auction (March 12, 2009)
Sallie Mae responds to President Obama's budget proposal (Feb. 27, 2009)
Bipartisan loan access legislation works exactly as intended, WSJ reports (Jan. 7, 2009)
Sallie Mae wins chance to bid to service loans under ECASLA (Dec. 10, 2008)
Short- and long-term solutions protect FFELP from volatile credit markets (Nov. 19, 2008)
New legislation would ensure servicing continuity (Oct. 20, 2008)
Straight Talk on credit market conditions (Oct. 3, 2008)
Congress extends student loan liquidity solution through 2010 (Sept. 19, 2008)
Summary of final HEA legislation: U.S. Department of Education begins public hearings (Sept. 15, 2008)
Sallie Mae affirms commitment to provide federal student loan access to all students, all schools (June 15, 2008)
Letter to schools regarding implementation of H.R. 5715 (May 30, 2008)
Letter to congressional conferees regarding reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (May 29, 2008)
Department of Education outlines liquidity solution (May 23, 2008)
Dear Colleague Letter: School use of a preferred lender list in the FFEL Program (May 20, 2008)
Department clarifies new regulations on preferred lender lists and affiliated lenders (May 19, 2008)
Student loan liquidity legislation signed into law (May 7, 2008)
Sallie Mae Vice Chairman and CFO testifies before Senate Banking Committee (April 15, 2008)

Congress debates proposals on student loan liquidity (April 14, 2008)

Letter from C.E. Andrews and Barry Feierstein to our valued school customers (April 11, 2008)

Credit crunch solutions debated (April 4, 2008)

Letter from C.E. Andrews to our valued school customers (Jan. 29, 2008)

Letter to Sallie Mae school customers about credit markets from C.E. Andrews (Jan. 10, 2008)

Letter to Sallie Mae school customers about the Neg Reg ending without consensus as Secretary of Education announces task force to propose regulations (Nov. 7, 2007)

Letter to Sallie Mae school customers about Congress' auction proposals (Nov. 6, 2007)

Letter to school customers about the final regulations on preferred lender lists and affiliated lenders (Nov. 1, 2007)

Smart tips for schools considering issuing a request for proposal or request for information (Oct. 19, 2007)

RFP sample questions (Oct. 19, 2007)

Summary of provisions in the College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007 (PDF, 60KB) (Sept. 27, 2007)

Letter to Sallie Mae school customers about the legislative impact on borrower benefits (Sept. 4, 2007)

College affordability and student loan improvement recommendations (July 17, 2007)

Sallie Mae's testimony from the Senate Banking Committee Hearing (June 6, 2007)

Letter to Sallie Mae school customers from C.E. Andrews (PDF, 14KB) (June 5, 2007)

Letter regarding New York Attorney General Code of Conduct (PDF, 20KB) (April 11, 2007)

Letter to college and university presidents (Feb. 26, 2007)

Straight talk from Tim Fitzpatrick on borrower benefits (Feb. 20, 2007)

Letter to the editor, Boston Globe (PDF, 15KB) (Feb. 19, 2007)

Open letter to student loan customers (Jan. 24, 2007)

Letter to the editor, New York Times (PDF, 26KB) (Dec. 6, 2006)

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