OVERVIEW New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority's series 2010-1 issuance is a securitization of private student loans made under New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority's NJCLASS loan program. We assigned our preliminary 'AA' rating to the series 2010-1 notes. The preliminary rating reflects our view of the transaction's credit support, initial parity, and legal structure as well as the credit quality of the securitized loan pool and our stress scenarios, among other factors. NEW YORK (Standard&Poor's) Jan. 8, 2010--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services today assigned its preliminary 'AA' rating to New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority's $338 million tax-exempt fixed-rate student loan revenue bonds series 2010-1. The preliminary rating is based on information as of