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Tag: Bernie Sanders
COVID-19
Democratic Senators Say For-Profit Colleges Shouldn’t Get Further Stimulus Aid
Democratic Senators Dick Durbin and Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday called on Senate leaders to ensure that for profit-colleges do not receive any more coronavirus stimulus aid in further rounds of relief legislation, reported Politico. Last month, Congress allotted more than $1 billion to for-profit colleges as part of a $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package, reported […]
April 21, 2020
Community Colleges
Free College for Whom? The Emergent Barriers of Free Public College Policies
After decades of mounting student debt and rising tuition costs that accelerate at a pace that far exceeds that of the average national salary, some among a crowded Democratic primary field are heralding free college as the progressive change this country needs to empower the 99 percent.
October 14, 2019
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Stacey Abrams Could Become Nation’s First Black Female Governor
Stacey Abrams, the 44-year-old Spelman graduate, shocked the political establishment when she beat out her opponent, former state Rep. Stacey Evans, to win the Georgia Democratic gubernatorial primary.
May 23, 2018
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For-Profit College Probes Fuel Rise in Consumer-Protection Sentiments
Amid new efforts to reinvigorate lethargic federal investigations of for-profit colleges, some academics who study higher education see the issue as a harbinger of wider conflict and change.
May 23, 2018
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USSA President Pushes a Progressive Agenda
The United States Student Association (USSA) has been at the forefront of addressing the many challenges facing higher education.
February 25, 2018
Students
Guillermo: Close Tax Loopholes to Finance Free College Tuition Plan
The revelation of Donald Trump’s loss of nearly a billion dollars in 1995, according to his tax records obtained by the New York Times, may bolster the visibility of the free-college tuition issue on the campaign trail. Trump’s declared losses of $916 million on his 1995 return would have allowed him not to pay any […]
October 3, 2016
Students
Digital Fundraising Helps Student Reach ‘Dream School’
Alimah Dawkins, a low-income student from Atlanta, used GoFundMe to raise money for her move to New York to attend Sarah Lawrence College.
August 8, 2016
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Survey Finds Sanders Presidential Choice of High School Students
Specifically, among first-time voters in November, Sanders would garner 35 percent of the vote.
April 28, 2016
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Diversity Beats ‘Free Education’ in Battle Between Hillary and Bernie in Nevada
A campaign marked by diversity is what it will take to win the election in 2016.
February 21, 2016
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