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Student debt has more than doubled since 1991. As Congress debates the future of financial aid programs in higher education, what can students expect? And how much is it going to hurt?
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Pennanz s:iid many ~tudents :ind pnrcn t~ have not been saving to p:iy for college. or they have not been saving enough. These stu de11ts arc left with little choice but 10 take out a loan, she said. Another foctor contributing to the incrc;1se is older sludents returning to college. "A lot of the students :ire coming b:ick for more traini ng," Penn:1nz said. These students often t::ikc out loans to cover living expenses, ~!r;'.ell as p::iy fo r other needs such as d.iy
us1ask any col1cg.·e student - it's not , cheap to get a higher cdue::ition. 1 Between the tugh cost of tuition · ;md low s:i larics. it's h::ird 10 keep the hudgct in the b!:ick while in college And more and more. students arc 1uming to fin:mic al :iid - especially student Joans to fin.ince 1heirdcgrces. According to a survey recently released by The shrinking ::ivailabi!ity of gr:i.nts. which "'Nellie Mac, the country's largest nonprofit student le nder, nc::irly 60 percent of s1udcnts do not have 10 be repaid. could also be causing a number of students to apply for loan~. take out lo::ins to pay for college. The National Student Loan Survey. which Average student ::iwards from programs such sampled almos1 1.100 undergrndua1e ::ind :is Pell :md Supplemental Educ:i.tion Opporgrnduate borrower.-. also reported the ::iver- tunity grants have declined sharply over the :ige student loan debt has more lh,m doubled p::ist dcc:idc, according lo the College since 1991. Students today owe an average Board's repon ''Trends in Student Aid: 1987 of S 18.800 in loans. compared to S8.200 just to 1997." • $.he s11,iq·Q.W:;.or tlle g~ps h_arde~t hit by , ~ .• six yem ago. The loan survey also showed that college financial aid programs is inde~ndcm stutuition :ind fees nre increasing ;11 ..1 level dents. who are nol claimed as dependents their parents' ta:.; returns, bcc::iusc those stutwice that of innation. MSU Director of Financial Aid Kathy dents have a difficult time quali fying for Pcnnanz said s1udent~arc increasingly using grants. Often. independent students are manicd student loans for a number of reasons. "The cost of education is going up," she but do not have children. The government s.iid. "Unfortunately. we've gone up in the - - - - - - - - - area of student loans more th::in anything."
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Cowboy representatives tour campus NICK EATMAN
Sports Editor 1orepresenrn1ives
of 1hc Datl:is 1!lofs c::imc to the Midwcstem t campus Tuesday 10 see the fiits,forapossiblesitc for their :=rtr trainingc::impncxtJuly. :.-,xc Mays, director of footb::ill tllions for the Cowboys, und his ~~ Steve Carichoff, made a ~ lhree-hour 1ou r of the en tire ~ • checking out various
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acil111es,"Vi_1.cc. Prcs1dcnt fo.r and Adm1m s1rati vc SerHoward Farrell s:iid. "They tt~ out our dining halls, re.s1i~ alls. weight room and tram~ ms. l lhink they were very
~ 1r~hh;~t~Scu~:~~?c~~~~~~ -in presenting the campus for ib!e. site. said the Cowboys tahves discus.~ed imponant that h.ive been brought up by faculty and st udents .talked about the entire range .cs going on," Farrell said .issues such as parking and ,and blcachm for t.he fan s Were ull brought up and we •e have the righ t foci lties ::ill
, , They were very open and up front with what they were looking for. ,, - Dr. Howard Farrell, VP of Student and Administrative Services the way arou nd." Farrell also suid Mays and C::irichoIT were very pleased with the uppcar::mcc of the campu s. "They were very complimen1ary about the qu.tlity of the university," Farrell said. "They also were very complimentary ::ibout our .~tudents und the cle::in liness of our cnmpus Those arc things they said they just don·, see a lot of on other campuses" Farrell said the Cowboys, who would not discuss the situations with other schools in Lhe running . wil l try to make a final d~cision wi thin the next six weeks. While Farrc!I said he believed the representatives were very pleased
with 1he unive rsity and its different ::ipsects, he nlso said he admired the manner of Mays and Carichoff. " I w::is very impressed with lhe professionalism that they h:td," Farrel l said, "They were very open and up front with what they were looking for." As u whole, Farrell said he believes the visit w;1s a success :ind th inks it was another positive showing for the school. "I think the visit went extremely well." Farrell said. ''As far ,1s the quu!i ty of this un iversity, it wasn ' t \'ery hard show ing them around here. "We think our facilities on campus arc second 10 none."
This sign welcoming the Cowboy representatives to Midwestern sat outside the collseum on Tuesday. A decision from the football team is expected within six weeks . Photo by JC. Gama