<p>Student</a> Loans Feel the Pinch - US News and World Report</p>
<p>The tightening up of credit is and will continue to be impacting your and your students ability to borrow money for school.</p>
<p>"In 2005-06, students took out $17.3 billion in private loans, compared with only $1.3 billion a decade earlier, according to the College Board."</p>
<p>This factoid caught my eye! And this was only 10 years ago...</p>
<p>Not going to be pretty especially since Staffords and PLUS are now fixed rate rather than floating.</p>