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

Sakeena Kazmi, FL

This video from the recent USSA conference is courtesy of Sakeena Kazmi of Florida.

Kenasha Paul, FL

This video from the recent USSA conference is courtesy of Kenasha Paul of Florida.



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College affordability in the news

The South Florida Sun-Sentinel has an article about how the state is trying to deal with teh out of controls costs of textbooks. The state Board of Governors and the state Board of Education are working with a "textbook task force" and preliminary recommendations are due are due in mid-November. You can read the article here.

ABC News has clip up called "The High Price of Higher Ed". The clip features interviews with students and some great statistics. You can watch the clip here.

Patrick Emilien and Laymon Hicks, FL

This video from the USSA conference comes courtesy of Patrick Emilien and Laymon Hicks of Florida.



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Annette Taddeo supports Got Tuition?

This morning, U.S. Congressional candidate Annette Taddeo of Florida stopped to emphasize her support for Got Tuition and our efforts to raise awareness of college affordability.