For decades, millions of college bound students have relied on government or private loans to afford higher education. But lately some private lenders are scaling back: they’re in enough trouble with today’s unstable credit markets and can't spend additional capital on students. We’ll look at how we got here, what Granite Staters are doing to cope, and the current debate over student loans in Congress.
- Paul Basken, Senior Federal Government Reporter for the Chronicle of Higher Education
- Tara Payne, director of the New Hampshire Higher Education Assistance Foundation
- Jerry Little, President of the New Hampshire Bankers Association
- Ken Ferreira, Executive Director of Student Financial Services at Franklin Pierce and President of the New Hampshire Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators