general links

Student loan advocacy websites:
Generation Debt
Student Loan Justice

Message boards:
FindLaw student loan message board
Kiplinger student loan forum
Chirotalk student loan forum
Creditinfocenter student loan forum

Federal government:
Legislative branch
U.S. Congress: House of Representatives
U.S. Congress: Senate
Administrative branch
Department of Education
     Grant opportunities
     Federal Perkins Loans and Stafford Loans
     Federal Perkins Loan Teacher Cancellation
     Campus Based Programs (Including Perkins repayment, forbearance, deferment, cancellation, billing, collection and default etc
     Federal Perkins Loan Program Status of Default As of June 30, 2000
     Federal Perkins Loan Program Status of Default As of June 30, 2001
     Federal Perkins Loan Program Status of Default As of June 30, 2002
     Federal Perkins Loan Program Status of Default As of June 30, 2003
Department of the Treasury
     Financial Management Service
     Administrative Wage Garnishment (AWG)
Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions
     Funding Opportunities
     Nursing Student Loans
     Health Professions Student Loans

Private industry participants:
National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs

Other websites of interest:
Student loan consolidation comparison:
Student Loan Consolidation Comparison
Education Lenders and Student Loans

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We are seeking recommendations from all SLAVE members regarding important student loan-related website links to be listed on this general links page. Please submit your recommendations using the general links submission form. We are looking for links in the following categories:

    * Private student loan industry participants
      - Lenders
        * General links
        * Consolidation links
      - Guarantors
      - Servicers
      - Secondary market participants
    * Governmental student loan agencies
      - Federal agencies
        * U.S. Department of Education
      - State student loan agencies (for example, the Pennsylvania Sallie Mae Not website
    * Legitimate student loan advocate websites (not just individuals looking for donations to support a lame website)
    * Websites offering bulletin boards, forums, chat, or other services specifically oriented to student loan borrowers (for example, the FindLaw forum student loan message board)
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