Nearly 1 Million Community College Students Can't Get Federal Loans

Anywhere he goes, Kenneth Wilson, the director of financial aid at Albany Technical College in southwest Georgia, is prepared to talk with students about the workings of their loans -- whether it's at a campus basketball game, a picnic or when he's out running errands. He keeps literature about avoiding loan default in his car, just in case. "Sometimes I run into students at Walmart who want to talk about their student loan," Wilson said. "That's fine."