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Article: Paying for college - 'Nearer to Thee'.(THE HOME FORUM)
- Article from:
- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- January 23, 2009
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Despite even the best budgeting, paying for college often isn't easy. And now that it's harder to borrow money, some families are reconsidering whether they can afford to send their kids to college at all.
In his report about the plight of two college students from Pennsylvania, NPR reporter Claudio Sanchez commented on a "lingering uncertainty in the student loan market" because of the current credit crisis ("For Two Pa. Teens, Two Paths to College," Nov. 24). This broadcast indicated that higher education is a valuable step for any student and increases the possibility for job security. It also asked how one can face this period of economic uncertainty with ...