Washington — Dozens of student-loan entities today proposed an alternative to President Obama’s plan to overhaul the federal student-loan system and move to 100-percent direct lending. The groups include banks, nonprofit state agencies, state-based guarantee agencies, and Sallie Mae, the nation’s largest provider of student loans, among others.

The groups’ consensus proposal would preserve a significant role for private and nonprofit lenders and guarantors in the federal system....

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