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FDL Launches 'Students, Not Banks' Campaign (CommonDreams.org)
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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:20:10 GMT
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by Jane Hamsher Today, FDL launches its Students Not Banks campaign, with a petition calling on Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and members of Congress to pass student loan reform quickly through reconciliation. One of President Obama’s most ambitious plans for both education and the budget was the transition from a system of government subsidized student loans using bankers as middle men to direct ...
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No-Child Law Is a Highlight of Hearing on Education (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
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Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:31:38 GMT
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WASHINGTON -- Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is presiding over the rollout of the largest competitive grant program in his department's history, a vast expansion of the government's direct loan program for college students and sweeping new expenditures on failing schools, teacher quality and other big initiatives.
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Jane Hamsher: FDL Launches "Students, Not Banks" Campaign (The Huffington Post)
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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:57:51 GMT
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Student lending reform could have passed the Senate long ago, but because it had to wait on health care, the lobbyists have had plenty of time to chip away at the Senate. But colleges across the country can't wait another year for relief.
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Buried Alive: UMass students struggle with more debt than ever (The Massachusetts Daily Collegian)
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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:37:18 GMT
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Students continue to struggle with rising debt. A new plan from the Obama administration could offer relief to student borrowers but this proposal faces stiff opposition from banking lobbies.
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Federal student loan plan could hurt NH agency but would free up money (The Nashua Telegraph)
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Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:16:39 GMT
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Staff Photo by Grant Morris NHHEAF presenter, Kerry Koziell talks to students and adults alike about filling out financial paperwork for college during a financial aid workshop at Campbell High School in Litchfield Thursday evening.
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Direct student loans: A better way to invest in education (Washington Post)
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Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT
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For too long, bankers have gotten a free ride from the U.S. Department of Education.
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No-Child Law Is a Highlight of Hearing on Education (New York Times)
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Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:27:31 GMT
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Education Secretary Arne Duncan has a large, ambitious agenda, of which the revision of the No Child Left Behind law is perhaps the most prominent question mark.
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TEU Tertiary Update Vol 13 No 7 (Scoop.co.nz)
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Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:35:01 GMT
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Tertiary education minister Steven Joyce wants to cut the government's student loan bill by removing access to the scheme for students who fail or drop out.
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The Web Guide for the New Economy (LLRX.com)
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Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:58:43 GMT
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The Web Guide for the New Economy represents the latest world wide web resources for discovering new knowledge and understanding the latest developments with regard to the New Economy.
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Briefly: March 6 (Old Colony Memorial & Plymouth Bulletin)
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Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:15:48 GMT
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Read about what's happening in and around Plymouth.
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