This came my way today, a Washington Post article with the headline “College students rally for student loan legislation on hill.” Here are the opening paragraphs:
College students swarmed Capitol Hill on Tuesday to plead for more financial aid as private lenders made a last push to preserve their endangered role in making federal student loans.
The dueling messages sought to influence potential Senate action this week on a proposal to cut funding to lenders that make federally guaranteed loans and channel tens of billions of dollars in savings to scholarships for needy students.
What makes this more interesting is there is a direct EMU connection with this article:
The United States Student Association rallied hundreds of members on Capitol Hill for the bill. They waved signs — “Students NOT Banks!” and “$ Now!” — and chanted slogans that underscored the fiscal straits universities face as they raise tuition. “They say, ‘Cut back!’ ” students yelled. “We say, ‘Fight back!’ ”
“I’m an independent student,” said Sabrina Ford, 19, of Ypsilanti, Mich., a financial aid recipient in her first year at Eastern Michigan University. “If the Pell grants are cut, I have no idea how I would pay for education. Right now, I rely on myself and the government to assist me.”
