Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA)

• Final Rules and Regulations
• Sample forms from the Department of Education
• Operational Impacts of HEOA (January 26–27, 2010) (PDF, 2MB)
• In the know: Impact of the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) (December 14, 2009) (PDF, 328KB)
• Overview of HEOA (December 2009) (PDF, 900KB)

The latest Straight Talk news

• Members of Congress send open letter to college presidents (December 15, 2009) (PDF, 547KB)
• Recap: Sallie Mae Straight Talk on new Senate proposal (December 11, 2009) (PDF, 37KB)
• Sallie Mae Student Loan Reform: There are four options on the table (December 11, 2009) (PDF, 99KB)
• Sallie Mae sends letter to college presidents regarding recent legislative developments (November 25, 2009) (PDF, 48KB)
• Common ground: Keeping the federal student loan program on sure footing and making college more affordable (October 2, 2009) (PDF, 71KB)
• Sallie Mae Straight Talk communication to schools on recent positive developments (September 22, 2009) (PDF, 42KB)
• CBO director: Market conditions reduce savings of 100% DL (July 28, 2009)
• Student loan reform: Legislative status (PDF, 36KB)
• Helping people and institutions avoid default
• Legislative updates to student loan reform proposals (July 24, 2009) (PDF, 47KB)
• Financial aid administrators submit proposal to reform federal student aid programs (July 2009) (PDF, 155KB)

Straight Talk archive

• HBCUs voice concern about legislation requiring transition to direct lending (July 20, 2009) (PDF, 448KB)
• House Democrats urge Chairman Miller to consider alternatives to Administration's Student Loan Proposal (July 6, 2009) (PDF, 772KB)
• Sallie Mae helps 1.4 million customers avoid student loan default in 2008–2009 academic year, another 400,000 succeed by repaying loans in full (July 1, 2009)
• U.S. Department of Education selects Sallie Mae for student loan servicing contract (June 17, 2009)
• Update on President's budget proposal: Sallie Mae testifies before Congress (PDF, 135KB) (May 28, 2009)
• Sallie Mae Vice Chairman and CFO testifies before House Education Committee (May 21, 2009)
• Sallie Mae responds to USA Today (May 20, 2009)
• Sallie Mae Q&A with the National Journal (May 20, 2009)