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Aging states to college graduates: We'll pay you to stay

Jon Marcus

October 04, 2023 |

The Hechinger Report |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Vermont

As their workforces age, states across the United States are offering student loan repayment to incentivize college graduates to stick around. Now Maine and Vermont are the first to offer it to those with degrees in any field with very few caveats.

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‘College should not be this expensive': Pitt programs aim to make education more affordable

Spencer Levering

June 21, 2023 |

The Pitt News |

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Response Location: United States, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Programs like Panthers Forward are working to help students and their families understand, prepare for and afford the cost of a university education. Group members can receive up to $5,000 of federal student loan debt relief and can also attend networking events, mentor discussions and access financial wellness resources. 150 students are accepted into the program each year.

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College felt impossible to this student in foster care. Then NYC offered to pay.

Reema Amin

June 15, 2023 |

Chalkbeat |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

To help make college more accessible, New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services provides students in the foster care system with room and board, a $60 daily stipend, and up to $15,000 for tuition.

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California helps college students cut their debt by paying them to help their communities

Gail Cornwall

April 05, 2023 |

The Hechinger Report |

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Response Location: United States, Davis, California

In an effort to help lower student debt while benefiting the community, the #CaliforniansForAll College Corps program provides 3,200 students with service jobs and pays them $700 a month.

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Detroit's WSU makes it easier for former students to return, finish degree

Mark Richardson

March 30, 2023 |

Detroit Metro Times |

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Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

Wayne State University’s Warrior Way Back program allows former students who left college without a diploma to re-enroll and have up to $4,000 of their student debt forgiven.

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Biden's free college proposal is dead. High schoolers are tapping a solution.

Bianca Quilantan

March 11, 2023 |

Politico |

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Response Location: United States

Dual enrollment programs run by community colleges across the United States allow high school students to take college classes that count towards their diploma and future degrees. The programs are often free for students and are increasing community college attendance rates, which dropped during the pandemic.

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Students, schools agree NV tuition waiver program for Native Americans is off to a promising start

Jeniffer Solis

January 13, 2023 |

Nevada Current |

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Response Location: Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, United States, Nevada

A new law in Nevada prohibits the state system of higher education from charging tuition to Native American students who are members of tribes in Nevada.

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Organizing to Cancel Debt Fuels Systemic Change

Cinnamon Janzer

November 14, 2022 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, Kentucky

Occupy Wall Street ignited today's debt cancellation movement. Groups like the Debt Collective are winning victories, canceling predatory student debt and pushing systemic reforms like tuition-free college. Though incremental, these changes are rewriting policy and challenging racialized capitalism.

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Money for your education... that you don't pay back! (Solutionaries)

Jenna Zibton Jeff Perzan Patrick McKee Dylan Trail

October 12, 2022 |

Solutionaries |

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Response Location: United States, Virginia

Virginia’s G3 grant program helps cover education costs for students in the most in-demand industries in the state.

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Indianapolis Students Get ‘Leg Up' On Careers With European-Style Apprenticeships

Patrick O’Donnell

September 26, 2022 |

The 74 |

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Response Location: United States, Indianapolis, Indiana

Europen-inspired apprenticeship programs in Indianapolis, Indiana, pay students to work and train for jobs allowing them to gain career experience and pay part, or all, of their college tuition before graduation.

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