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The downturn in our economy and the resulting credit crunch has affected parents’ and students’ abilities to obtain loans, especially private loans. Some private lenders have actually closed shop, and the amount of private loans this past year h

The number of students who actually put down a deposit after being accepted to a college or university equals the acceptance yield. This figure could be important in a year that has been influenced by an economic downturn and have significant impact

Based on 2006 data, the most recent data available, students paid about half their education costs at public and research universities, up about 10% since 2002. Students covered even more of their education costs at community colleges, about 30%, up

By May 1 most know where they are going to college this fall. Some of you were probably disappointed. But—does where you are admitted to college define success? Not necessarily. Maybe there’s a fuller sense of success in good health and charac