Important communications from Sallie Mae

• Recent communications from Sallie Mae executives to schools
• Press releases

Straight Talk on legislation

• Student loan liquidity legislation signed into law
• Sallie Mae Vice Chairman and CFO testifies before Senate Banking Committee (April 15, 2008)
• Congress debates proposals on student loan liquidity (April 14, 2008)
• Credit crunch solutions debated (April 4, 2008)

See all the Straight Talk on legislation.

Straight Talk on RFIs and RFPs

• Smart tips for schools considering issuing a request for proposal or request for information
• RFP sample questions

Straight Talk on lender lists

• Updated "affiliated lender" language
• Final Regulations on Preferred Lender Lists, Federal Register (PDF, 344KB)

See all the Straight Talk on lender lists.

Industry news

• Evaluating Student Loan Auctions, a discussion paper from NASFAA (PDF, 80KB)*
• College affordability and student loan improvement recommendations from Sallie Mae

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