Recession Offers Hard Lessons In Paying For College

Source: NPR Posted By: Carson R...5445 days ago

Emmanuel Garcia sometimes shakes his head in amazement: He made it to college and just finished his first year at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania.

It wasn't easy navigating his way through student loans amid a worldwide financial crisis — as well as a private family crisis.

Emmanuel's classmate Marlo Johnson wasn't quite so lucky. Despite having a scholarship to a private university, she couldn't come up with the money to pay for tuition, housing and books. She spent the year working....

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