As public financing of higher education declines and student aid is cut back, the cost burden is shifting squarely onto the shoulders of students and their families. Increasingly, students are taking on higher levels of debt to finance their education. Some schools are offering loan counseling to help equip students to manage their debt.  How is your institution addressing this issue?

Number of the Week: Class of 2011, Most Indebted Ever
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Community colleges are under mounting pressure to serve a growing number of students despite declining public financial support.  The challenges of providing open access to a diverse student population require new and innovative solutions in order to realize the goals of Obama’s Completion Agenda. However, recent experiments and investments in addressing student success issues are having only a minor impact on student outcomes, proving how diffi...

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