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<title>Easy Money: How Congress Could Increase Federal Student Aid Funding at No Additional Cost to Taxpayers</title>
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<description>Over the last three decades, </description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 08:55:16 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Paying Back, Not Giving Back: Student Debt&#x27;s Negative Impact on Public Service Career Opportunities</title>
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<description>American colleges and universities </description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:45:24 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Rip-off 101: How The Current Practices Of The Textbook Industry Drive Up The Cost Of College Textbooks</title>
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<description>In January 2004, the State </description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:23:46 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>College Students Faced More than $31 Billion in Unmet Financial Need in 2003-2004</title>
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<description>The report finds that public college students from a family with a household income of $62,240 or less face an average of $3,986 a year in unmet need. On average public college students from families with a household income of $34,288 or less fare even worse, facing an average of $4,990 a year in unmet need.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 08:24:48 -0600</pubDate>
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<title>Cutting Interest Rates, Lowering Student Debt</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:35:49 -0600</pubDate>
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