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  Source: Christian Science Monitor
 
  
  
    Some companies, like Chase Bank, use the recent publicity of student loans to help push their own private student loans
  
  Source: Chase Advertisement.
 
  
  
    President Barack Obama signing the Healthcare Bill with the new student loan provisions. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Speaker Nancy Pelosi join him, March 2010
  
  Source: U.S. Department of Education
 
  
  
    Even after changes in the student loan system in 2010, private student loan companies advertise their services with no Federal Application for Student Aid (FAFSA) required since they are no longer part of the government system.
  
  Source: PrivateStudentLoans.com advertisement
 
  
  
    The Sallie Mae logo. Sallie Mae, once the biggest player in the student loan market under the federal guarantee system, still plans on offering loans and other financial services to schools and students
  
   
  
  
    New Zealand's Student Loan system, from its Ministry of Education.
  
  Source: New Zealand Ministry of Education
 
  
  
    Some private student loan companies are now advertising that the federal government will not cover all the costs, and that private loans remain indispensable for students to afford higher education.
  
  Source: Advertisement
 
  
  
    Students at a seminar at Ohio State University
  
  Source: Goldberg Center, OSU
