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Senate Republicans introduce plan to tackle student loan debt (thehill.com)

submitted 1 year ago by mjgood91@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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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.

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[–] InfiniteLoop@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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!

[–] Maddypip@beehaw.org 11 points 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.