December 14, 2001

Most Graduates Repaying Student Loans Have Manageable Debt, Report Says

By STEPHEN BURD

While the number of students taking out federal loans for college has more than doubled over the past decade, few students graduate from college with an unmanageable level of debt, according to a report released late last month by the American Council on Education

The report, "Student Borrowing in the 1990s," details the significant growth in student loans over the past 10 years. As a result of changes made by Congress to the federal loan programs in 1992 -- such as increasing the size

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