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Student loan borrowers need a Bill of Rights!
We've joined 55 state & national civil rights, higher education, and consumer advocacy organizations to urge Governor Charlie Baker to sign the Student Borrower Bill of Rights into law. ...
Hildreth Institute Applauds Passage of Student Loan Bill of Rights in MA Economic Development Bill; Urges Governor Baker to Sign Student Borrower Protections Into Law
For Immediate Release January 6, 2021 Contact: Andrew Farnitano, 925-917-1354, andrew@crawfordstrategies.com BOSTON – Last night, as part of an end-of-session economic development bill, H. 5250, the...
EQUITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A PROMISE UNFULFILLED BUT STILL ACHIEVABLE
~~~ Access full report HERE & brief version HERE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY COVID-19 exposed the financial vulnerability of our country, and it's deep racial inequalities. While we work to...
Why We Need #ZeroDebt College
Naia M.
“The following year tuition was raised significantly and I couldn’t go back to that school. So I dropped out and went back home to community college with a 20k loan that only was getting bigger.”
Damian B
“I don’t believe the government should be allowing young adults whose brains are still developing to put themselves in a crazy amount of debt just because it is the “norm” in society.”
Kneeco H
“Being Afro-Latinx has had its oppressive obstacles long before I was born, but it says something when I have to work my ass off to get TO college and work my ass off to get THROUGH college…”
Tt K
“I was always promised that college would open doors for me, but sometimes it feels like the tolls are too high to even enter.”
Rafael S.
“Financial aid is an ongoing concern while attending school and stressful experience for low-income students who feel like they have to manage the costs of their future at such a young age without proper guidance.”