The GOP package, called the “Lowering Education Costs and Debt Act,” consists of five bills that the senators say will address the root causes of the student debt issue such as the increasing price of college and students taking out loans they can’t afford.

  • InfiniteLoop@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    great point. don’t forget the books tho! that industry needs some reigns put on it and to prevent professors from preventing the use of used books!

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      1 year ago

      For sure! I’m about to teach a class and am using a really great free textbook from OpenStax. It was really important to me not to increase the financial burden on my students.