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Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Struggling College Students are Having an Even More Difficult Time

Are they "doing more with less" or "doing less with less"? This USA Today article examines the longer walks (free, the bus costs money), the changes in diet (less soda, more canned tuna), and other ways students are changing behaviors - and briefly mentioned programs at a number of schools to allow students with unpaid tuition to stay enrolled, and to freeze or limit increases to tuition:

The Community College of Denver has offered a food bank to students for more than 10 years, but in the past year there been a significant increase in its use, says Jerry Mason, director of student life: "We are actually having trouble keeping up." The student government has doubled its annual funding from $3,000 to $6,000 to help with the increased demand, he says.

Federal financial aid applications filed nationwide for this fiscal year increased by 9% compared with last year, a projected 1.2 million more applicants, according to Department of Education data.

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