Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates as a guarantor and servicer of student loans in Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands. Its products include Internet Borrower Inquiry Service that enables borrowers to access their loan data, as well as lenders to access the information they need to provide loans to students; ScholarNet, a student loan processing tool for schools; FASTLoans that allows student borrowers to complete the federal stafford loan master promissory note (MPN)online; FASTPLUS, which provides parent borrowers the convenience of instant online credit decisions and allows them to complete the PLUS MPN for a parent PLUS loan; and FASTPLUS – Grad that provides student borrowers the convenience of instant online credit decisions and allows them to complete the PLUS MPN for a graduate/professional PLUS loan. The company also offers FASTAlt solutions, which enable schools to streamline the alternative loan process for students; FASTFacts Entrance and Exit Counseling, an online student loan counseling product for schools and borrowers; FASTAwards that enables borrowers to accept or reject their financial aid package electronically; FAST Product Administrator, which allows school administrators to configure certain portions of FASTFacts Entrance Counseling, FASTFacts Exit Counseling, FASTAwards, FASTLoans Online MPN, and FASTPLUS Online MPN; FASTChoice, a FFELP and private loan selection tool; Consolidation Loan Assistant, a tool that lets student borrowers to consolidate their federal student loans online; and Web reports. Great Lakes Higher Education serves student loan borrowers, post-secondary schools, and student loan lenders. It has operating centers in Columbus, Ohio; and St. Paul, Minnesota, as well as customer service and development sites in Boscobel and Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin.