Student PIRGs In The News
Global Warming Solutions
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The White House Convenes Young Green Leaders
(The New York Times) 2009-12-03
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As the Senate wades back into the climate debate, the White House is enlisting some of the young voters who helped usher President Obama into office to galvanize support for the climate and energy bill.
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Cleaner, Greener U
(Environmental Magazine) 2008-03-04
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Students are driving the campus climate movement, fighting Big Coal and putting legislators on notice.
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Climate Change: The Next Generation
(EMagazine.com) 2007-11-12
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College students have sincerity. It's a little quality noticeably absent from Internet discourse on everything from politics to celebrities to run-of-the-mill idiot bashing. College kids are often disregarded by candidates and mainstream news outlets for the same reason: They aren't expected to have any actual impact, and their issues of concern are considered unlikely to travel beyond the confines of their campuses. The Millennials deserve a pat on the head, but it's the Boomers who really matter.
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New Voter Project
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Pleasing Generation O
(Newsweek) 2009-04-28
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In his first 100 days, President Obama has taken steps to fulfill campaign promises to young Americans.
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Keeping Obama's young army engaged
(Los Angeles Times) 2008-11-23
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The election's over, but Democrats want to hold on to under-30 voters as campaigning moves to governing.
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Voter Coalition Celebrates Success
(Rocky Mountain Collegian) 2008-11-13
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In the middle of celebrating this year's voter turnout at CSU, officials from VoteCSU! and national election organizations said they were excited to report that the national youth vote increased by 3.4 million people from 2004.
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Affordable Higher Education
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The Joy Cardin Show, July 6 2010
(The Joy Cardin Show) 2010-07-06
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For Program On: Tuesday, July 6, 2010 at 6:00 AM
As for-profit colleges gain popularity in Wisconsin and the rest of the nation, federal leaders are wondering if they’re worth the high cost of tuition. After six, Joy Cardin’s guest explains why the schools need to be monitored very closely; after six-thirty, her guest discusses their appeal and their role in education. Guests:
6:00 - Chris Lindstrom, Higher Education Program Director, U.S. PIRG
6:30 - Harris Miller, President, Career College Association
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Lindstrom: Stop the Fraud and Abuse at Career Colleges
(Roll Call) 2010-06-28
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The Department of Education will soon release a key new rule to rein in the career college sector. The U.S. Public Interest Research Group is among more than 30 student, higher education and consumer organizations awaiting the ruling. We applaud the efforts of Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, to shed light on the problem by holding a series of hearings, which began Thursday. Students and taxpayers need protection.
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For-profits: two new rules that really matter
(The Washington Post) 2010-06-16
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The Obama administration on Tuesday proposed 14 new rules to curb abuses in the for-profit sector of higher education. Most of the debate, though, has focused on two.
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Make Textbooks Affordable
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How to Find Cheaper College Textbooks
(New York Times) 2010-08-11
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You might call it the college student’s first lesson in exploitation: paying $100 for a textbook, then getting a mere $12 when reselling to the campus bookstore at the end of the semester.
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Textbook rentals going viral
(The News Journal) 2010-08-09
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Some relief has arrived for strapped college students: Rental textbooks have gone mainstream.
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Student Debt Alert
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Congress fast-tracks student loan bill
(Politico) 2008-05-07
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Legislation attempts to help students get the loans they need. It expands the number of federally subsidized loans available to students, reducing their need to take out more expensive private loans.
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College students may get access to more loan money
(Hartford Buisness Journal) 2008-05-02
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Congress approved legislation that would increase the amount of federally guaranteed loans that college students can borrow and provide more flexibility for parent borrowers.
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