Affordable Education
College access and affordability
#DontDoubleMyRate Lobby Week Action Center
Tell Congress "DontDoubleMyRate" with our online toolkit.
Posted Tuesday, May 22, 2012 in Campus Progress Actions
Take Congress on a #DontDoubleMyRate Date
Sign up to take action and have a heart-to-heart with Congress.
Posted Thursday, May 17, 2012 by Emily Wathen & Tara Kutz
REPORTS: How A Stafford Increase Would Impact Your State
These reports paint a vivid picture of the impact an interest rate hike would have on young people in several states.
Posted Wednesday, May 16, 2012 in Briefs by Campus Progress, Center for American Progress, USAction
Youth Activists Tell Senate to Stand With Students; Senate Sits This One Out
Young organizers tell Congress “Don’t double my rate” but straight down party lines, Republicans vote no on Stafford loan bill to keep rates from doubling.
Posted Tuesday, May 15, 2012 by Emily Crockett
VIDEO: Stafford Loan Press Conference
U.S. Senators Jack Reed, Tom Harkin and Sherrod Brown held a press conference to discuss the importance of preventing the interest rates on Stafford loans from doubling this July.
Posted Wednesday, May 9, 2012 in Video / Multimedia by Tara Kutz
Nearly 1 Million Latino College Students Could Be Affected by Student Loan Rate Increase
Read more at Latino Ed Beat
VIDEO: Obama, Students Tell Congress: #DontDoubleMyRate
Check out this video featuring clips of students and President Obama calling on Congress to keep college affordable.
Posted Thursday, May 3, 2012 in Video / Multimedia by Tara Kutz
Student Loan Debt Seems to Rise No Matter What the Economy Does
Student debt during the Great Recession puts borrowers in a bind.
Posted Thursday, May 3, 2012 in Reprints by Christian E. Weller
Lobby Day Signup
Register for a #Don’tDoubleMyRate Lobby Day in Your Community.
Posted Monday, April 30, 2012
Share Your #DontDoubleMyRate Story
Tell us why keeping the interest rate on student loans low is important to you, or how letting the interest rate double would impact you.
Posted Monday, April 30, 2012
GOP Proposes Cuts In Prevention To Keep Student Loan Interest Rates From Doubling
In order to keep Stafford loan rates low, House Speaker John Boehner has proposed cutting elsewhere.
Posted Friday, April 27, 2012 in Reprints by Igor Volsky
During President Obama’s Visit, UNC Students Discuss #DontDoubleMyRate
Students discuss the importance of affordable higher education.
Posted Friday, April 27, 2012 in Journalism Network & Video / Multimedia by Campus Blue Print
How Student Debt Impacts Students of Color
An interest rate hike will disproportionately hurt these students.
Posted Thursday, April 26, 2012 in Reprints by Sophia Kerby
In Conference Call, President Obama Addresses Stafford Loan Rate Issue
Obama: “The bottom line here is we can’t just cut our way to prosperity.”
Posted Wednesday, April 25, 2012 in Journalism Network & Reprints by Summer Dowd-Lukesh
WATCH LIVE: Obama Speaks on #DontDoubleMyRate in Iowa City
The president will speak from the University of Iowa at 2:20 p.m. Eastern.
Posted Wednesday, April 25, 2012 in Video / Multimedia
Tell Congress #DontDoubleMyRate
If Congress doesn’t act soon, interest rates will double on July 1 for more than 7.4 million students.
Posted Wednesday, April 25, 2012 in Campus Progress Actions
REPORT: The Cost of College Will Soar if Interest Rates Allowed to Double
Congressional inaction on the Stafford loan rate puts the college dreams of millions of Americans at risk.
Posted Wednesday, April 25, 2012 in Briefs & Education by Tobin Van Ostern with Jennifer Mishory, Rory O’Sullivan
VIDEO: President Obama Slow Jams #DontDoubleMyRate with Jimmy Fallon
Following his slow jam with Fallon, the president will speak at the University of Iowa today.
Posted Wednesday, April 25, 2012 in Video / Multimedia by Brian Stewart
WATCH LIVE: Obama Speaks on #DontDoubleMyRate in Colorado
Live video from the University of Colorado–Boulder.
Posted Tuesday, April 24, 2012
