Thursday, March 19, 2009
Using the ARRA for higher education
There is a nice article on Huffington Post about how the ARRA money can be used to help higher education. Check it out here.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
NYT Article
The New York Times has a great article up, "Higher Education May Soon Become Unaffordable for Most in U.S." Check it out here.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Hannah Karns, WI
Hannah Karns, a student at University of Wisconsin, Madison, was kind enough to talk to us during the recent USSA conference.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
More college affordability articles
Today we have three New York Times articles, a press release from Margaret Spellings (US Secretary of Education), and an article from Alternet.
New York Times:
Colleges Struggle to Preserve Financial Aid
U.S. Buying More Loans to Students
Tough Times Strain Colleges Rich and Poor
Sectretary Spellings' press release:
U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings Takes Steps to Ensure Students Continue to Have Uninterrupted Access to Federal Student Aid
AlterNet article:
College Loan Slavery: Student Debt Is Getting Way Out of Hand
(thanks for the tip Aaron!)
New York Times:
Colleges Struggle to Preserve Financial Aid
U.S. Buying More Loans to Students
Tough Times Strain Colleges Rich and Poor
Sectretary Spellings' press release:
U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings Takes Steps to Ensure Students Continue to Have Uninterrupted Access to Federal Student Aid
AlterNet article:
College Loan Slavery: Student Debt Is Getting Way Out of Hand
(thanks for the tip Aaron!)
Friday, November 7, 2008
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Election night pics
'Got Tuition?' team member, Whitney Ripley, lobbied Congressional leaders on election night in Washington, DC. She asked House Education Committee Chairman George Miller and Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schulz, the Democratic Chief Deputy Whip, to make sure that issues of college affordability and student debt be high on the list of priorities as the 111th Congress convenes in the January 2009.
Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-FL
Sunday, November 2, 2008
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