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Obama in Buffalo
Last week President Obama visited Buffalo to use the University at Buffalo as a backdrop to address the soaring cost of higher education. Todayu2019s SUNY students, if they can …

Now Two States Pursue Truly Affordable Education
Maryland may soon join Oregon in exploring solutions to the crisis of student debt and unaffordable education.

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Henry A. Giroux | The Violence of Organized Forgetting
Henry Giroux: A war-like mentality makes it difficult to reclaim the language of social responsibility and civic engagement.

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“The Breaking Point” – Sacrificing All for the Sake of Education
As the government continues to education to become more expensive, Anna Challet asks when does the sacrifice become too much.

Why GOP Wants to Tax Students and Not Polluters
Robert Reich: Why would government incentivize carbon emissions and discourage higher ed? Ask Republicans.

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Oregon’s Step Towards Debt-Free Degrees
Terrance Heath: If something like what's been proposed in Oregon had been in place when I went to college, it would have saved me thousands of dollars over the …

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As Deadline Looms, Fight Against Student Loan Rate Hike Intensifies
Students across the country struggle for options and alternatives to drowning in student debt for the rest of their lives.

Elizabeth Warren’s QE for Students: Populist Demagoguery or Economic Breakthrough?
Could Warren's bill represent the sort of game-changing thinking sorely needed to turn the economy around?

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Student Loans on the Cheap
Given the way Washington works, you take what you get, which means Senator Warren's plan deserves support.

The June Fight Over Student Loans
Student loan rates for more than 7.4 million students with federal Stafford loans are scheduled to double July 1 from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent if nothing is done.