"Politicians and the press have had plenty to say about the existence and severity of the student loan 'credit crunch.' Now the people who actually know something are weighing in," Inside Higher Ed reports. "The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators on Tuesday released a survey of its members, offering the first systematic look at what student aid officers on campuses are actually seeing and doing about the real or perceived lack of student loans for their students. The survey also examines how colleges have responded to changes in federal and state laws and rules governing how institutions share information with students about their lending options, finding that most colleges have retained their lists of 'preferred lenders,' but that those that have dropped them have done so because of the changes in the legal and regulatory picture."

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