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Education Drives America
Posted byon September 26, 2012 at 11:57 AM EDTSee photos from the Department of Education's coast-to-coast back to school bus tour.
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New “Shopping Sheet” Will Make It Easier for Students to “Know Before They Owe”
Posted byon July 24, 2012 at 1:55 PM EDTThe Obama Administration today released a new tool that will make it easier for families to understand the costs and benefits of higher education up-front, so that they can more easily choose a college that is both high-quality and affordable
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Open Data for College Affordability and Better Student Outcomes
Posted byon July 12, 2012 at 1:11 PM EDTThe Obama Administration recently launched the Education Data Initiative to help students and their families benefit from innovation enabled by open data from the US government and other sources.
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Weekly Address: Pushing Congress to Create Jobs, Keep College in Reach for Middle Class
Posted byon July 7, 2012 at 5:30 AM EDTPresident Obama discusses legislation he signed on Friday that does two important things: It keeps thousands of construction workers on the job rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure, and it stops interest rates on federal loans from doubling this year for more than seven million students.
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President Obama Signs the Transportation and Student Loan Bill
Posted byon July 6, 2012 at 6:29 PM EDTThe bill will keep thousands of construction workers on the job and prevent 7.4 million students from paying higher interest rates on their student loans.
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Why Your Voice Matters on Student Loans
Posted byon July 6, 2012 at 12:59 PM EDTHere's why it's so important for everday Americans to speak out and make their voices reasonate in Washington.
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You Did It!
Posted byon June 29, 2012 at 6:16 PM EDTThanks to the help of thousands of students, student loan interest rates will not double on July 1st.
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Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Answers Your Questions on College Affordability
Posted byon June 27, 2012 at 7:15 PM EDTSecretary of Education Arne Duncan answers your questions on college affordability during a special session of White House Office Hours on Twitter
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Celebrating Success: 40 Years of Pell Grants
Posted byon June 23, 2012 at 11:48 AM EDTThis milestone is an opportunity to reflect on four decades of progress toward fulfilling the fundamental promise of bringing higher education within reach of every American and rededicate ourselves to making college affordable for all
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Weekly Address: Congress Must Act on Transportation Bill and Student Loans
Posted byon June 23, 2012 at 5:30 AM EDTPresident Obama discusses the urgent need for Congress to act now on two common sense measures to help middle class families: preventing interest rates on federal student loans from going up and putting hundreds of thousands of construction workers back on the job.