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Helping Members Beat Back Student Debt

Mon, 03/19/2018 - 5:30pm
Across the country last year, staff and leaders from our national union held scores of clinics to guide thousands of members toward relief from the weight of their student loans. AFT Connecticut at the same time organized training sessions to help affiliated locals offer the workshops themselves, exponentially increasing the number of those that can benefit. Soaring student debt may seem like old news, but for current and former students locked in its grip, it feels relentlessly fresh and relevant.
 
Click here for our previous report on the clinics' launch.
 

Six Steps to Debt-Free College

Tue, 07/21/2015 - 5:00pm
The number of debt-free college proposals can be confusing, but their core message is simple; higher education should be accessible to everyone, regardless of income and without the cost of crippling debt. A coalition including AFT, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee and Demos last week clarified that goal by unveiling the "Debt-Free College Checklist."
 

Sen. Warren Charts Bold Path to College Affordability

Fri, 06/12/2015 - 12:00pm
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) this week reached beyond recent calls for student loan forgiveness and free community college to urge the nation toward an entirely debt-free education. Warren unveiled her proposal during a forum hosted by AFT and the Albert Shanker Institute noting specific actions to ease the debt she says is drowning young people, and drowning the country's future.
 
Click here to watch Sen. Warren's speech.
 

AFT's Weingarten Fights Forward with President Obama on Student Loan Reform

Mon, 06/09/2014 - 5:00pm
Statement of AFT President Randi Weingarten on today's signing by President Barack Obama of an executive order to make student loans more affordable and which several AFT members attended:
 
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