Publication | July 13, 2011

Critical Choices: How Colleges Can Help Students and Families Make Better Decisions about Private Loans

Accountability Affordability Data, Evidence, and Information Student Aid Student Debt

Our new report Critical Choices: How Colleges Can Help Students and Families Make Better Decisions about Private Loans documents promising practices that a variety of financial aid offices are using to help prospective borrowers avoid unnecessarily risky and costly debt. It also identifies some problematic practices that bypass key opportunities to inform students’ and parents’ borrowing decisions.