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Health Care and Student Loan Programs Collide (New York Times)
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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:06:19 GMT
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Top Democrats are fighting to attach the proposed overhaul of student loan programs to health care reform.
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Rep. George Miller: Include Student Loan Reform in Reconciliation (The Huffington Post)
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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:57:29 GMT
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(These are the prepared remarks of Education and Committee Chairman George Miller from today's press conference on the urgent need to include student loan reform...
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Ax would fall on college graduation initiative in healthcare bill merger (The Hill)
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Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:33:30 GMT
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Senate Democrats are ready to cut billions from a student loan bill, gutting one of the president’s major education initiatives. Read more...
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Deal Gives New Life to Overhaul of Student Loans (New York Times)
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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:08:00 GMT
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The deal would bundle a bill on student loan overhaul into an expedited budget package along with the Democratic health care legislation.
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Democrats look to resurrect college aid plan (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:05:38 GMT
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Congressional Democrats want a stalled overhaul of college aid programs to get strapped onto a fast-track health care bill, giving both Obama administration priorities a better chance of passage.
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Conrad: Bill would hurt Bank of North Dakota (The Fargo Forum)
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Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:18:33 GMT
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Senator working to protect institution from what he calls ‘one-size-fits-all’ student loan reform. Sen. Kent Conrad is trying to protect the Bank of North Dakota from a student loan reform bill he calls a “one-size-fits-all approach.”
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New funding projection could squeeze Obama's education agenda (Washington Post)
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Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:36:02 GMT
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In the final push to pass a major student aid bill pending in Congress, funding for key elements in President Obama's education agenda is dwindling.
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Paying for college: 5 top mistakes (Bankrate.com via Yahoo! Finance)
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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:00:00 GMT
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Paying for college is a problem that can keep parents awake at night. Here's what NOT to do.
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UCSB Takes a Swing at Sallie Mae (Santa Barbara Independent)
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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:10:31 GMT
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Loan lender effigy to be bludgeoned by student volunteers.
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Christie Garton: Students, Not Banks (The Huffington Post)
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Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:02:42 GMT
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In the past, we've taken a college degree for granted. Now, fiscal "responsibility" may ultimately force hundreds and thousands of students to put off college in the interim, or ultimately drop out altogether.
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