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Not having to pay interest while in school was very helpful to someone like me.
Somewhere around the 1990s to the early 2000s is where things went awry, but it’s also around the time colleges became more (too) accessible.
While colleges set entrance minimum standards, who determined loan eligibility and size in the 1980s and earlier?
Was it the lending institutions?
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Not having to pay interest while in school was very helpful to someone like me.
Somewhere around the 1990s to the early 2000s is where things went awry, but it’s also around the time colleges became more (too) accessible.
While colleges set entrance minimum standards, who determined loan eligibility and size in the 1980s and earlier?
Was it the lending institutions?