Posts Tagged ‘Project on Student Debt’
DC Shuttle: HELP Still Coming for NCLB; Five NE States Rank in Top 10 in Student Loan Debt
by The New England Council
November 8, 2011
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) scheduled a final hearing on legislative language to reauthorize the 2001 No Child Left Behind (NCLB) education law for Tuesday, Nov. 8. Educators and administrators are expected to testify to the burdensome requirements of the NCLB law, which the new legislation is intended to ameliorate. ...
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Average Student Loan Debt Grows by 6%; NE Hit Especially Hard
by Darrell P. Aaron
October 26, 2010
Average student loan debt grew to an average of $24,000 per student in the Class of 2009, up 6% over the Class of 2008, according to the latest national report from The Project on Student Debt.
The report is especially worrisome for New England where all six states have higher student debts levels than the national ...
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