Student Loans: Students and Families Borrow Less for College, Sallie Mae Says

More than eight in 10 American families say college opportunities are so worth the price, that they're willing to stretch themselves financially in order to send their children to school, lender Sallie Mae reports in a new study. Yet in contrast to recent years, they are now borrowing less money for college, and relying more on their own income and savings to pay the costs.