As Lending Tightens, Education Could Suffer
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Commercial education companies are offering student loans as they scramble to ensure a steady stream of college-level students amid the credit squeeze.
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Another education and library board reveals it faces financial hardship because of a shortage of funding.
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As lenders tighten standards, the possibility of a recession increases.
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Creditors put more pressure on debt-soaked borrowers.
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The poor could have a harder time moving up the income ladder as the higher education gap widens, a report said.
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Young people face a choppy job market, making it hard to cope with high housing costs and rising college debt.
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Congress is poised to make big changes to the government programs tapped by millions of students to pay for college. The biggest of these for students: a cap on what low-income borrowers have to pay back each month on their federal student loans.
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On the heels of a student loan scandal, some higher education officials have called a conferenceâs format deeply troubling.
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Officials say expanded financial aid at Harvard may push other colleges to shift aid away from low-income students.
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Banks, which have used a glut of cheap money to help fuel a boom in real estate and leveraged company buyouts, may face a rough ride when lending conditions turn sour, the Bank for International Settlements said on Sunday.
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The pace of ever-rising college costs has slowed somewhat this year, and students are relying more on private loans rather than grants or other federal sources to finance their education, according to two new studies.
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Some experts contend that high borrowing rates and low supply signal ongoing decline.
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Welcome to the dawn of a new credit  cycle, with tighter bank lending, rising costs for riskier  borrowers and a slowing economy.
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Science education centres around the UK are facing serious financial threats, MPs are warning.
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As tuition has soared past the limits on federal aid, more students are relying on barely regulated private loans.
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Banks are starting to offer loans, but the rates put them beyond most people's reach.
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Hong Kong students are piling loans and family savings into a volatile stock market, a growing trend that worries social workers in a city known for its derivatives-savvy grandmothers and stock-tipping taxi drivers.