Links to materials on recent student activities

New report: Paying Back, Not Giving Back: Student Debt's Negative Impact on Public Service Career Opportunities (April 5, 2006)

A new issue paper from the US Secretary of Education's Commission on the Future of Higher Education

Transcripts of student testimony at public hearings held by the Commission:
Seattle, Washington on Feb. 7, 2006
Boston, Massachusetts on March 20, 2006

Sample of recent news coverage of student activities:
"Student Debt on the Rise as College Grads Skip Over Low-Paying Jobs" The Collegiate Times, April 7, 2006
"Report: Debt Could Worsen Teacher Shortage" USA Today, April 5, 2006
"Student Debt Exceeds Wages," Montana Kaimin April 5, 2006
"ISU students average $29,480 in debt" Des Moines Register, March 30, 2006
"No Money, Mo' Problems" The Boston Phoenix, March 22, 2006
"US Commission Hears from John Q Public" Inside Higher Ed, Feb. 8, 2006
"Debt is the True Price of a College Education," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Feb. 21, 2006
"Starting Professional Life Burdened with Debt," San Diego Tribune, Feb. 4, 2006

Student Debt Alert

United States Students Association