M, entitled Online Tutoring: A New Retention and Remediation Solution, found that while the number of students enrolling in undergraduate degree programs has increased 34 percent from 2000 to 2009, the number of those students who are unprepared for college has increased proportionately.

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Private student loans are available to cover education costs at select schools offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs and are available to students with or without a cosigner.

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