“Today is a huge day for anyone who cares about students to actually contact their member of Congress,” says Aaron Smith, executive director of the Young Invincibles. He tells The Daily Ticker that a deal will get done in the Senate, but says we...
WASHINGTON (July 10, 2013) — Today, a minority in the Senate succeeded in blocking legislation to reverse the doubling of interest rates on subsidized Stafford loans for students who need to borrow for college this fall. While a majority of...
July 2, 2013 in Education Week by Caralee Adams The deadline for Congress to intervene to stop student loan rates from doubling has come and gone. On July 1, interest rates on federally subsidized student loans went from 3.4...
June 30, 2013 in The U.S. Daily; reposted on July 1, 2013 in Yahoo! Finance and on July 2, 2013 on CNBC. by Kathleen Kingsbury BOSTON (Reuters) – Interest rates on U.S. government-backed student loans doubled to 6.8 percent from 3.4 percent...
July 9th in Seattle Times Blog NWJobs By Randy Woods Of all the demographics affected by the Great Recession, few have been as hard-hit as our youngest workers. While our statewide unemployment rate currently stands at 6.8 percent, the rate for...
By Tamika Butler As a July 5th baby, Independence Day is one of my least favorite times of year. Imagine growing up as a kid and never having anyone at your summer birthday pool parties. In my young tender years...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 1, 2013 Contact: Rae Roca Rae.roca@younginvincibles.org 202.534.3564 [WASHINGTON, DC] — Federal student loan interest rates have doubled from 3.4 to 6.8 percent, as Congress failed to meet the July 1 deadline and now heads home to...
June 27, 2013 in The Huffington Post by Tyler Kingkade Legislation from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) to reform the federal college loan program has garnered more support than any other proposal, with six more college presidents now endorsing her...
June 27, 2013 in The Huffington Post Some 7 million college students will see their borrowing costs double next week after Republicans and Democrats paid little attention to the issue for 11 months, then spent the past month vainly squabbling...
June 21, 2013 in Governing by Adrienne Lu Re-posted on June 25, 2013 in The Bulletin College students across the country are watching anxiously as Congress tangles over competing proposals to keep the interest rate on federal student loans from...