Question: When did the federal student loan program start?

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question: When did the United States government start offering student loans?
short_answers: 1958
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question: When did the federal low-interest student loans program start?
short_answers: November 8, 1965
context: President George H. W. Bush authorized a pilot version of the Direct Loan program, by signing into law the 1992 Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
question: When did the Federal Direct Student Loan Program start?
short_answers: 1992

Answer: Student loans are a form of financial aid used to help students access higher education. The United States Government started to offer student loans in 1958. On November 8, 1965 the federal low-interest student loan program began, with The Higher Education Act of 1965, as part of President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society domestic agenda, and in 1992 President George H. W. Bush authorized a pilot version of the Direct Loan program, by signing into law the 1992 Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965.