June 17, 2008

Kennedy Urges Community Colleges to Enroll in Direct-Loan Program

By Paul Basken

Washington

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy on Monday gave new voice to the growing fear that low-income students, like those attending community colleges, will be among the hardest hit as worsening economic conditions prompt more private lenders to cut back their student-loan operations.

The colleges themselves, however, may not share that fear. They seem more concerned about a different prospect: that students already are borrowing too much when other sources of aid, such as Pell Grants, would

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