Sallie Mae Abandons Effort to Compel Colleges to Give Up Students' Addresses

The student lender Sallie Mae, after trying to force colleges in at least three states to provide it with contact information for potential student borrowers, is backing down.

The company, which is the nation's largest student-loan provider, described the shift in strategy after a Washington-based policy group revealed this month that the lender had filed a New York Freedom of Information Law request asking community colleges in the State University of New York system to provide it

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