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2010-03-12
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Student leaders and campus administrators today voiced their support for the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, (SAFRA) and called for the Senate to take action to pass the student aid legislation promptly. The Bill would cut wasteful subsidies to banks to make college more affordable for hundreds of thousands of students. |
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2009-10-20
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Community College students could graduate faster and with better grades if they spent less time working at their jobs and more time studying and taking classes, according to a new report released today by the public interest group CALPIRG. |
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2009-09-17
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CALPIRG praises the U.S. House of Representatives for passing H.R. 3221 - the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009. Federal aid programs have failed to keep pace with the financial realities of family incomes and college costs, placing an excessive burden on families of modest means and hindering student opportunity. |
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2008-04-03
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Students overwhelmingly support limits on campus credit card marketing, according to the results of a nationwide U.S.PIRG survey of over 1500 students at 40 colleges in 14 states including the University of California, Davis. |
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2007-10-15
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"We are deeply disappointed with Governor Schwarzenegger’s veto of SB 832. While we are pleased that the Governor acknowledged the importance of lower textbook prices, we are troubled by the reasons he gave for his veto. |
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2007-09-20
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Last week, California legislature passed an innovative bill, SB832, The College Textbook Affordability Act, aimed at reducing the costs of college textbooks. The bill will become law pending Governor Schwarzenegger's approval. |
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2007-09-07
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Today the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives passed the College Cost Reduction and Access Act by votes of 79 to 12 and 292 to 97 respectively. |
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2007-09-04
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Despite heavy opposition from the major textbook publishers, the College Textbook Affordability Act, SB 832 (Corbett), sponsored by CALPIRG, passed out of the Assembly. |
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2007-07-03
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Despite heavy opposition from the major textbook publishers, the College Textbook Affordability Act, SB 832 (Corbett), sponsored by CALPIRG, passed out of the Assembly Higher Education Committee on a 6-1 vote and now heads to the Assembly Floor. |
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2007-01-11
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A Congressional proposal to cut student loan interest rates in half will save the average lower and middle income borrower $4,420 over the life of their loans, according to a new report by CALPIRG.
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2006-04-06
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SACRAMENTO—Almost 18% percent of all four-year public college graduates have too much debt to manage as a starting teacher in California according to a new report released today by CALPIRG Education Fund. |
