Audio: Student Loans Meet Social Networks (Marketplace)
"The credit crunch is forcing more and more banks to get choosy about borrowers. College students are getting caught in the squeeze as banks drop their student loan programs," Marketplace reports. "What to do? Well, some students are turning to the familiar world of social networking. web sites are popping up that connect students to strangers and family members willing to loan them money."
You can read the complete June 13, 2008 Marketplace article on-line.
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