Hannah Karns, WI

Hannah Karns, a student at University of Wisconsin, Madison, was kind enough to talk to us during the recent USSA conference.

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!)

Ginger Calhoon, IN

Ginger Calhoon of Indiana talks to got tuition.

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 George Miller, D-CA

Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-FL

Dan Marzoni, AR

Dan Marzoni, president of the Arkansas Education Association, talks to got tuition.

New NYT article on college affordability

The New York times ran an article on college affordability yesterday, but they take a slightly unusual approach. The article, "Even at Costliest College, Unease Over Downturn" focuses on the effects the Wall Street meltdown has had on the costliest campus in the nation, Sarah Lawrence. You can read the complete article here.