From our friends at the USPIRG, its the STOP THE RAID ON STUDENT AID UPDATE
Things are in full swing as campuses across the country hold their first action day to Stop the Raid on Student Aid. Congress reconvenes on January 30th, and the date for the House vote on the budget reconciliation bill, which contains provisions to cut $12.7 billion out of the student loans programs, is set for February 1st.
News from across the country is flowing in, reminding us that it ain’t over til it’s over and there is plenty of will to win. Here are some highlights:
1) Congressman Rob Simmons from Connecticut came out yesterday afternoon against this new version of the budget reconciliation bill. We know that the phone calls, student government resolution and the editorials and press coverage that the students generated all Fall must have had something to do with it too!
2) There are at least eight other student run press conferences and events occurring across the nation from UC Davis to UT Austin to U Conn Storrs occurring TODAY.
3) NJPIRG and coalition partners are scheduling an enormous statewide press conference in Trenton for January 31st.
4) Press coverage of the cuts has been kicking up a notch in the past several weeks. Major national media outlets like the Boston Globe, the New York Times, the LA Times, etc., have been running articles that educate the public about the cuts. Yesterday Representative George Miller, a champion for student aid, had a strong editorial in the San Francisco Chronicle – see below.
5) Watch for coalition ads running this Monday in key congressional districts in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut and Michigan.
6) And because it is JUST TOO GOOD to pass up the opportunity to get it out to you, here is the Daily Show clip featuring President Bush being questions at Kansas State University on the Raid on Student Aid on Tuesday.
Chris Lindstrom
PIRG Higher Education Project
Things are in full swing as campuses across the country hold their first action day to Stop the Raid on Student Aid. Congress reconvenes on January 30th, and the date for the House vote on the budget reconciliation bill, which contains provisions to cut $12.7 billion out of the student loans programs, is set for February 1st.
News from across the country is flowing in, reminding us that it ain’t over til it’s over and there is plenty of will to win. Here are some highlights:
1) Congressman Rob Simmons from Connecticut came out yesterday afternoon against this new version of the budget reconciliation bill. We know that the phone calls, student government resolution and the editorials and press coverage that the students generated all Fall must have had something to do with it too!
2) There are at least eight other student run press conferences and events occurring across the nation from UC Davis to UT Austin to U Conn Storrs occurring TODAY.
3) NJPIRG and coalition partners are scheduling an enormous statewide press conference in Trenton for January 31st.
4) Press coverage of the cuts has been kicking up a notch in the past several weeks. Major national media outlets like the Boston Globe, the New York Times, the LA Times, etc., have been running articles that educate the public about the cuts. Yesterday Representative George Miller, a champion for student aid, had a strong editorial in the San Francisco Chronicle – see below.
5) Watch for coalition ads running this Monday in key congressional districts in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut and Michigan.
6) And because it is JUST TOO GOOD to pass up the opportunity to get it out to you, here is the Daily Show clip featuring President Bush being questions at Kansas State University on the Raid on Student Aid on Tuesday.
Chris Lindstrom
PIRG Higher Education Project
posted by Hans Riemer at 6:18 PM
2 Comments:
College loans hurt the poor:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/nicholas2.html
"the relative ease of borrowing money to finance an education – and the low interest rates at which those funds are lent – may be contributing to a widening gap between affluent, middle class and poor students."
Reconcilation passed. How do you feel now douche bags???
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