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College Savings Plan Benefit The Rich: GAO Report

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 01.04.2013 | College
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Few families are participating in a federal program designed to help parents and grandparents save money to pay for their children's and grandchildren...

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Fair Access to College?

Daniel Little | Posted 11.24.2012 | College
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Daniel Little

Does the United States do a good job of ensuring equitable access to higher education and the benefits that this access creates for all its citizens? The answer, unfortunately, seems to be -- not as good a job as we think.

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The Battle for the Future of Access to Higher Education

Marcus Bright | Posted 11.12.2012 | College
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Marcus Bright

These cuts, along with a doubling of the Stafford Loan interest rate and an ending of loan interest subsidies for enrolled students, threaten to significantly alter the social mobility of an entire generation.

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Why It's Imperative That Everyone Have Access to Higher Education

Paula Allen-Meares | Posted 10.09.2011 | Black Voices
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Paula Allen-Meares

Developing a more robust economy, clean energy, new technologies and new ways to alleviate human suffering will only be achieved by giving everyone who wants to make a meaningful contribution to society the education to do so.

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