April 25, 2008

Many Community Colleges Do Not Offer Federal Student Loans, Study Finds

By JJ HERMES

At least one million community-college students are denied access to federally guaranteed student loans because their institutions do not participate in the federal programs, according to a report released last week by the Project on Student Debt, a nonprofit advocacy group.

The study found that one in 10 community-college students, including one in five black students at such institutions, do not have access to federal student loans. That leaves few alternatives for students who need

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