
By Edward Muna, UC Santa Barbara student and USSA Board member
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SAVE THE PELL GRANT!Student aid reform is in the House Reconciliation Bill! Students mounted a rapid-response, direct-action campaign in just a few days and helped move a historic higher education policy proposal forward.
While this is a great victory, we aren't done yet! The Senate still needs to hear from YOU!Visit http://tinyurl.com/ylhzugc to write and call your Senators, letting them know you support student aid reform.The United States Student Association, the country’s oldest and largest student-led organization, represents over 4.5 million students at over 400 campuses across the nation. We work to develop current and future leaders and amplify the student voice at the local, state, and national levels by mobilizing grassroots power to win concrete victories on student issues. A Different Kind of March Madness - March 16, 2010
__________________________________________________ Students and Credit Card Debt: The Current and Coming Crisis - March 15, 2010![]() By Edward Muna, UC Santa Barbara student and USSA Board member In
light of the current budget crisis' going on in states throughout the
nation, student's vulnerability to draconian credit card companies has
never been so great. Considering the fact that the average
undergraduate carried $3,173 in credit card debt in 2008, the case is
great for involving students in the battle against credit debt
exploitation. In addition with students' main avenue for paying for
higher education, student loans, students find themselves being much
more susceptible to credit card debt. The average student graduates
annually with about $25,000 in student loan debt and, with the rising
cost of higher education, credit cards seem enticing for many
vulnerable consumers as a short term coping mechanism for the current
financial crisis.
Click here to read more... __________________________________________________ Save the Pell Grant! - March 11, 2010
The House and Senate higher education leadership are deciding whether to pass student aid reform. Senator Harkin, chair of the committee with jurisdiction over student aid reform, said it best at a press conference earlier today: "If we don't pass this (student aid reform) now... I don't know if or when we will." Your voice in support of student aid reform is urgent! Critical financial aid programs, such as the Pell grant, will take a massive financial hit if students don't take action now. Step 1: Call 1-888-254-5087 Step 2: Ask for your senators Step 3: Use the script: "Hi, my name is____. I a am calling today to urge Senator_______ to support students by putting Student Aid Reform in the Budget Reconciliation process. If student aid reform is not included, the maximum Pell Grant will be cut by thousands of dollars. 500,000 students will lose their Pell grants and 8,000,000 students will see their awards cut by 60%. This is UNACCEPTABLE. Will Senator______ support students by including student aid reform in the budget reconciliation process? Thank you for supporting students, have a good day. __________________________________________________Will You Be Counted in this Decade? - March 9, 2010
There aren't many subjects that seem as boring as the U.S. Census. Every ten years the federal government has to count everyone, so what? Why is it so important? Click on the image below to watch the new USSA studentsCOUNT! video and find out why filling out the Census is one of the most important things you can do this decade: __________________________________________________
Student March 4 Education Across the Nation - March 5, 2010
Student Aid Reform Rests in YOUR Hands! - March 3, 2010
__________________________________________________ College Affordability Strengthens the Middle Class, says Biden - February 26, 2010
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