Study shows students support restrictions on campus credit marketing
Submitted on March 27, 2008 - 5:05pm.
Kantele Franko - Spring 2008
WASHINGTON - When university students sign up for credit cards through marketing campaigns on or near campuses, the gimmicks and gifts they receive vary from T-shirts to food to iPods.
But according to a report released Thursday based on an unscientific, informal survey, they often get something else from such marketing tactics: a debt burden they didn't expect or understand.
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