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Center for Public Administration and Policy (CPAP), School of Public and International Affairs

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    Are College Students Borrowing Blindly?
    Akers, Elizabeth J.; Chingos, Matthew M. (Brown Center on Education Policy at Brookings, 2004-12-01)
    Improving the college search process by making college costs more transparent to potential students and their families is a primary focus of recent higher education policy efforts. This analysis, drawing on data from two sources that link student survey responses to administrative records on cost and borrowing, suggests that a significant share of undergraduate students do not understand how much they are paying for college or how much debt they are taking on.