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Some Small Colleges Worry About the Cost of Carrying Out Obama's Loan Proposal

Chronicle of Higher Education

July 13, 2009

While some colleges may be able to make the switch to direct lending with little headache, advocates for small colleges - with modest financial-aid staffs - say the transition could be particularly troublesome for them. It could cost some institutions hundreds of thousands of dollars, adding to demands for resources as colleges are already grappling with a bad economy.

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