Higher Education News

House Passes Student Aid Bill	7/11/2007
The US House of Representatives today passed the "College Cost Reduction Act of 2007" (HR 2669) by a vote of 273-149. It will make student loan debt more affordable by cutting the interest rate on student loans in half, to 3.4 percent, by 2012.
U.S. PIRG Supports Congressional Calls for Student Loan Oversight	3/7/2007
In a letter released today, Chairman Miller and other members of the House Education and Labor Committee call on the Department of Education to tighten oversight of private student lenders who have recently been accused of bilking the government out of billions of dollars in excessive payments.
New Report Shows College Textbook Costs Increasing Sharply Ahead of Inflation: Publishers Engage in Practices that Needlessly Drive Up Textbook Costs for Students	2/1/2005
College textbook prices have increased at nearly four times the rate of inflation for all finished goods since 1994 and textbook publishers engage in practices that artificially inflate textbook costs, according to a new study by the state Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs).

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