Higher Education News http://www.iowapirg.org/news-releases/higher-education/higher-education--news House Votes to Increase Pell Grant http://www.iowapirg.org/news-releases/higher-education/higher-education--news/house-votes-to-increase-pell-grant $260 Increase http://www.iowapirg.org/news-releases/higher-education/higher-education--news/house-votes-to-increase-pell-grant Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:14:03 -0600 Department of Education: Private Lender Bilking Taxpayers for Billions http://www.iowapirg.org/news-releases/higher-education/higher-education--news/department-of-education-private-lender-bilking-taxpayers-for-billions According http://www.iowapirg.org/news-releases/higher-education/higher-education--news/department-of-education-private-lender-bilking-taxpayers-for-billions Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:09:14 -0600 Congress Passes Major Higher Education Reform http://www.iowapirg.org/news-releases/higher-education/higher-education--news/congress-passes-major-higher-education-reform Today the U.S. Senate and http://www.iowapirg.org/news-releases/higher-education/higher-education--news/congress-passes-major-higher-education-reform Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:09:43 -0600 Commission Removes Anti-Student Loan Proposal http://www.iowapirg.org/news-releases/higher-education/higher-education--news/commission-removes-anti-student-loan-proposal http://www.iowapirg.org/news-releases/higher-education/higher-education--news/commission-removes-anti-student-loan-proposal Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:10:08 -0600 Analysis of the Nelson-Burr Amendment to S. 1762 http://www.iowapirg.org/news-releases/higher-education/higher-education--news/analysis-of-the-nelson-burr-amendment-to-s_-1762 The Nelson-Burr Amendment cuts $4.2 billion from need-based http://www.iowapirg.org/news-releases/higher-education/higher-education--news/analysis-of-the-nelson-burr-amendment-to-s_-1762 Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:10:37 -0600 House Passes Student Aid Bill http://www.iowapirg.org/news-releases/higher-education/higher-education--news/house-passes-student-aid-bill The US House of http://www.iowapirg.org/news-releases/higher-education/higher-education--news/house-passes-student-aid-bill Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:11:05 -0600 Senate Education Committee Vote on Higher Education Bills http://www.iowapirg.org/news-releases/higher-education/higher-education--news/senate-education-committee-vote-on-higher-education-bills Today http://www.iowapirg.org/news-releases/higher-education/higher-education--news/senate-education-committee-vote-on-higher-education-bills Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:11:28 -0600 National Coalition of Organizations Urges Higher Education Reform http://www.iowapirg.org/news-releases/higher-education/higher-education--news/national-coalition-of-organizations-urges-higher-education-reform Read the Letter. A national coalition http://www.iowapirg.org/news-releases/higher-education/higher-education--news/national-coalition-of-organizations-urges-higher-education-reform Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:11:48 -0600 Letter to Congress: Support the Budget Resolution http://www.iowapirg.org/news-releases/higher-education/higher-education--news/letter-to-congress-support-the-budget-resolution Dear http://www.iowapirg.org/news-releases/higher-education/higher-education--news/letter-to-congress-support-the-budget-resolution Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:12:10 -0600 Testimony of Luke Swarthout, Higher Education Advocate, to the Subcommittee on Higher Education http://www.iowapirg.org/news-releases/higher-education/higher-education--news/testimony-of-luke-swarthout-higher-education-advocate-to-the-subcommittee-on-higher-education Testimony of http://www.iowapirg.org/news-releases/higher-education/higher-education--news/testimony-of-luke-swarthout-higher-education-advocate-to-the-subcommittee-on-higher-education Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:12:36 -0600 In First Domestic Appearance As Speaker, U.S. House Speaker Pelosi and Members of Congress Talk About College Affordability With Students and Others http://www.iowapirg.org/news-releases/higher-education/higher-education--news/in-first-domestic-appearance-as-speaker-u_s_-house-speaker-pelosi-and-members-of-congress-talk-about-college-affordability-with-students-and-others Speaker http://www.iowapirg.org/news-releases/higher-education/higher-education--news/in-first-domestic-appearance-as-speaker-u_s_-house-speaker-pelosi-and-members-of-congress-talk-about-college-affordability-with-students-and-others Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:13:05 -0600 President’s Budget Calls For Increase In Maximum Pell Grant, Cuts To Student Aid And Lower Subsidies To Banks http://www.iowapirg.org/news-releases/higher-education/higher-education--news/presidents-budget-calls-for-increase-in-maximum-pell-grant-cuts-to-student-aid-and-lower-subsidies-to-banks Statement of http://www.iowapirg.org/news-releases/higher-education/higher-education--news/presidents-budget-calls-for-increase-in-maximum-pell-grant-cuts-to-student-aid-and-lower-subsidies-to-banks Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:13:35 -0600 House Votes to Lower Interest Rates for Student Loans and Cut Excessive Subsidies to Private Lenders http://www.iowapirg.org/news-releases/higher-education/higher-education--news/house-votes-to-lower-interest-rates-for-student-loans-and-cut-excessive-subsidies-to-private-lenders This afternoon, by a vote of 356-71 the U.S. House passed legislation http://www.iowapirg.org/news-releases/higher-education/higher-education--news/house-votes-to-lower-interest-rates-for-student-loans-and-cut-excessive-subsidies-to-private-lenders Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:14:29 -0600 New Report: Cutting Interest Rates in Half Would Save Working and Middle Class Students Thousands of Dollars in Debt http://www.iowapirg.org/news-releases/higher-education/higher-education--news/new-report-cutting-interest-rates-in-half-would-save-working-and-middle-class-students-thousands-of-dollars-in-debt Cutting student loan interest rates in half will save the http://www.iowapirg.org/news-releases/higher-education/higher-education--news/new-report-cutting-interest-rates-in-half-would-save-working-and-middle-class-students-thousands-of-dollars-in-debt Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:08:49 -0600