President Obama on Student Loan Debt: "No Hardworking Young Person Should Be Priced Out of a Higher Education"
Yesterday, the President signed a memorandum directing the Secretary of Education to propose regulations that would allow nearly 5 million federal direct student loan borrowers the opportunity to cap their student loan payments at 10 percent of their income, among other new executive actions to support federal student loan borrowers.
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The NCAA Champion UConn Huskies Visit the White House
Yesterday, President Obama welcomed the NCAA Champion UConn Huskies to the White House. UConn's men's and women's basketball teams both won the 2014 NCAA Championships -- so in an effort to "eliminate waste and cut out duplicative programs to make things more efficient," the President concurrently congratulated both of them.
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My College Story Can Be Yours
First Lady Michelle Obama has spent a lot of time talking to young people all across the country about education. And she knows that all of us need to step up and take better responsibility for improving education outcomes. The Reach Higher initiative works to do just that -- to inspire students to take charge of their future by completing their education past high school.
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