I got this email from the Youth Policy Action Center and thought it was worthy of posting - time to take action!
From the Youth Policy Action Center:
"The Senate is about to consider the largest investment in higher education since the GI Bill. Ask them to follow the House's lead and pass S. 1762, the Higher Education Access Act of 2007.
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Student debt issues are speeding forward at the federal level. For the first time in a decade, we have meaningful debate in Congress over how to make college more affordable and accessible. Please call your Senator today!
Today (July 19), we anticipate that the Senate will vote on S.1762, The Higher Education Access Act of 2007, a bill which increases grant aid for low income students and helps make student loan debt more manageable by cutting $16 billion dollars from lender subsidies within the loan programs. We need you to call your Senators today and urge them to vote YES on S.1762.
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Last week, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed HR 2339, the College Cost Reduction Act of 2007, 273 to 143. This bill delivers a similar set of higher education reforms for college students and their families struggling to pay for a college degree. Now, similar legislation is pending in the Senate.
A college degree is more necessary than ever these days. But over 100,000 college eligible students drop out of applying to college due to cost. And more and more students graduate with deep debt to pay for it. In the early nineties, less than one third of college graduates had loan debt to repay; now, over two thirds do. This debt squeezes graduates out of going into lower paying, but socially valuable degrees like social work and teaching. We've spent the last two years making the case to decision makers locally, statewide and nationally that college must become more affordable and accessible! Now, decision makers need a push from students and their families to get these bills passed."
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