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College cost on the rise – the Washington reaction

by Matt Mansfield | Nov 30, 2011 | Education, Politics, Topics

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  1. 2011 College Grads Moving Home In Record Numbers, Saddled With Historic Levels Of Student Loan Debt

    NEW YORK — While one’s college graduation is normally a time of jubilation, Megan Muller can more than relate to the sense of defeat tha…
    Huffingtonpost
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    The other student loan problem: Some students are so scared to borrow, they risk not graduating: t.co/t2kgj8qe -CC

    The Associated Press

    November 27, 2011 4:01:03 PM EST
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  3. Duncan Calls for Urgency in Lowering College Costs

    Education Secretary in a speech Tuesday pushed higher education officials to “think more creatively – and with much greater urgency – abo…
    Nytimes
  4. Lasvegassun

    November 29, 2011 9:54:26 AM EST
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    We need to start a nat’l conversation on how to improve college completion rates while keeping tuition under control. nyti.ms/sxzki3

    Arne Duncan

    November 29, 2011 5:43:03 PM EST
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    Student Loans will be the death of me

    D O M E N I Q U E

    November 30, 2011 1:24:42 PM EST
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  7. Solutions to Rising Cost of Higher Education Sought | C-SPAN

    Washington, DC Wednesday, November 30, 2011 A House subcommittee took a look at the rising cost of college tuition and what higher educat…
    C-span
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    Americans owe $865 billion in student loans: wapo.st/sdnM8p

    The Washington Post

    November 29, 2011 6:33:57 PM EST
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  9. Ball State announces moves to stem tuition costs – BusinessWeek

    Ball State University said Tuesday it will offer $500 scholarships to students on track to graduate within four years and take other step…
    Businessweek
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    Just chatted with the lovely student loan people. According to the $ I owe we’ll be friends till I’m 58. May as well become besties.

    aprilhauck

    November 30, 2011 11:37:32 AM EST
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    New York Fed says it has underestimated student loans, revising amount from $550B to $845B. t.co/NW1LpfPU

    Jenna Johnson

    November 30, 2011 12:03:22 PM EST
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  12. CTBAC holds forum, agrees on 2.6 percent tuition increase | The Daily Texan

    Liberal arts students met for the last time this semester before voicing their opinions on tuition policy in front of peers, faculty and …
    Dailytexanonline
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    Who here has student loan debt that is driving them insane?

    BeautyofBlackRelate

    November 30, 2011 11:41:33 AM EST
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    College Board stats: Between 2010-11 and 11-12 school years, in-state public university tuition rose by 8.3 percent

    Medill on the Hill

    November 30, 2011 9:51:48 AM EST
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  15. Instagram

    November 29, 2011 9:54:04 AM EST
  16. House lawmakers in the Education and Workforce committee listen to testimony about rising college costs
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    Rep. Hinojosa testimony: 84 percent of young adults surveyed said making college more affordable should be a priority for Congress

    Medill on the Hill

    November 30, 2011 10:01:10 AM EST
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    Jane Wallman, Executive Director of Delta Cost Project testifies first

    Medill on the Hill

    November 30, 2011 10:24:26 AM EST
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    Wallman: “smoking gun” in higher ed — employee benefits up 5 percent per year consistently, have to cut healthcare to bring down tuition

    Medill on the Hill

    November 30, 2011 10:25:27 AM EST
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    Next up, Ronald Manahan from Grace College in Winona Lake, Indiana

    Medill on the Hill

    November 30, 2011 10:28:30 AM EST
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    Manahan says at Grace College, they’ve implemented a 3 year degree plan that reduces college costs by 25 percent.

    Medill on the Hill

    November 30, 2011 10:29:03 AM EST
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    @BuddyRoemer I have 100k+ in student loans and can’t find work in my field, even though the loan c’s and school counselors said I’d be gold

    Jesse Folks

    November 30, 2011 1:01:34 PM EST
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    @BuddyRoemer what do you plan to do to alleviate the mobility-crushing pressure of predatory student loans on consumers/workers like me?

    Jesse Folks

    November 30, 2011 1:02:10 PM EST
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    @BuddyRoemer I’m a hard worker, but digging gardens and subbing at schools doesn’t pay the bills

    Jesse Folks

    November 30, 2011 1:02:46 PM EST
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  25. CUNY Board Approves Tuition Increases

    Michael Appleton for The New York Times With a raucous protest outside summoning all of the volume, but not the violence, of a similar cl…
    Nytimes
  26. CUNY students protest tuition hikes

    nydailynews

    November 28, 2011 6:51:51 PM EST
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    Now speaking: Jamie Merisotis, President of Lumina Foundation, a private group focused on postsecondary education and success

    Medill on the Hill

    November 30, 2011 10:34:46 AM EST
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    Merisotis: by 2018 more than 60 percent of American jobs will require some form of postsecondary education

    Medill on the Hill

    November 30, 2011 10:35:55 AM EST
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  29. Timeinc

    November 30, 2011 12:45:48 PM EST
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    Foxx said earlier this hearing isn’t about regulatory reform, but questioners & some witnesses returning repeatedly to cost of compliance.

    Libby Nelson

    November 30, 2011 11:37:53 AM EST
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    Rep. Joe Heck (R-NV) says he’s still paying back his medical school loans, 20+ years after graduation.

    Libby Nelson

    November 30, 2011 11:13:55 AM EST
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    Rep Foxx: Are institutions focusing on what learning students are getting?Or are they simply providing income to maintain the institution?

    Medill on the Hill

    November 30, 2011 11:54:59 AM EST
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    #MostAwkwardMoment when you realize that Kim Kardashian’s failed marriage could have paid for your college tuition for 2,833 years…

    Isaiah ???

    November 29, 2011 10:07:14 PM EST
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