Transcript: Credit Crunch Hits Students Seeking Loans

Article: More college students take bank loans: With costs up, ...
Charleston Daily Mail;  October 25, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... the same time, the amount of federal financial aid available through Pell Grants declined ... financial assistance. The board found that financial aid from all sources increased by 3.7 ... Grant - the most important source of financial aid for needy students - fell by $120 ...

Article: Private loans for college? It may backfire.
Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH);  September 5, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... director of financial aid at Miami ... students need private loans, he said ... obtaining private loans through college financial-aid offices so ... of Student Financial Aid Administrators ... considering private loans. Tamara ...

Article: Federal financial aid goes unclaimed
University Wire;  November 19, 2004 ;     639 words ... ... neglect applications for financial aid. Many students who are ... need to be educated about financial aid and try for as many federal ... student aid when compared to private loans. "Talk to financial aid officers, counselors on ...

Article: EDITORIAL: The dangers of private loans
University Wire;  March 5, 2008 ;     448 words ... ... Consumer Law Center studied 28 private loans issued between 2001 and 2006 ... has increased the need for financial aid. Private loans can seem like an easy way ... important is whether the private loans are sustainable so that the ...

Article: Report: low-income students misinformed about costs and benefits ...
Diverse Issues in Higher Education;  January 11, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... informed about the financial aid process and are more likely to take out private loans to pay for school ... predict the future of private loans, but students will ... continue to supplement financial aid with private loans as long as there ...

Article: New protections for private student loan borrowers: how ...
University Business;  November 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... out on other financial aid. Aggregate data on private loans can be hard to ... counseling from the financial aid office. Because private loans are sometimes ... other forms of financial aid available. * Private loans may affect eligibility ...

Article: New Study by The Institute for Higher Education Policy Explores ...
Business Wire;  December 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... titled, "The Future of Private Loans: Who Is Borrowing ... impact the growth of private loans in the future. It draws on recent financial aid data and in-depth information ... comprehensive look at private loans within the student lending ...