October 13, 2000

Rate of Student-Loan Defaults Drops for 8th Consecutive Year

By STEPHEN BURD

President Clinton announced last week that the rate at which borrowers default on student loans has dropped for the eighth consecutive year, dipping below 7 percent for the first time since the Education Department started keeping track. But

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Student-Loan Default Rates

much of the progress in cutting the default