Math and Reading Help also points out that learning style differences may make online tutoring a challenge for certain students.

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This is particularly critical given the growing student debt crisis, which may make public institutions even more attractive to top students.

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While they strongly believe that system change must come at the legislative level, Bakalian and Meneghello cite a lack of financial literacy among borrowers and their families as one of the factors that leads students to assume debt burdens that may take them decades to make a dent in repaying.

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People make their careers at Rosen Hotels and now a great number of students who may not have otherwise had similar opportunities are as well.

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It may make sense for the colleges: They are leveraging merit aid to compete for high-income and talented students.

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If students facing large debts decide that a so-so course at a so-so university isn't so attractive after all, there may be summer sales, with places going cheap in clearing, or perhaps early-bird discounts for students who make a particular institution their first choice.

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