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Debate: The Smart Reform for College Loans

(March 12) -- This week, prospects for a much-needed reform that would make college more affordable for more students, while also ending senseless corporate welfare for student lenders, have been rising. According to various reports, Democrats have been looking to include student loan reform in the reconciliation package...

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Ted Hesson: For Most, New York DREAM Act Would Cost Less Than a Latte

Governor Cuomo has been praised in the media for producing a disciplined and punctual state budget this year.

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Attorneys General In 10 States Launch Joint Investigation Into For-Profit Colleges

Top prosecutors in 10 states have convened a joint investigation into potential violations of consumer protection laws by for-profit colleges, Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway (D), who is leading the multi-state effort, said in an interview with The Huffington Post. The combined investigation only began within the...

Background on Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act

The Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 (SAFRA; ) is a bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives of the 111th United States Congress by Congressman George Miller that would expand federal Pell Grants to a maximum of $5,500 in 2010 and tie increases in Pell Grant maximum values to annual increases in the Consumer Price Index plus 1%.

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