Tuition Free US

03/27/2017

Some insights on student loan debt from The Young Turks

https://youtu.be/Zks5OPWhyCg

The Trump administration has officially rolled back protections for people who have defaulted on student loans. The protections effected around 7 million bor...

07/07/2016

Tell me this ain't sad

https://www.facebook.com/rita.valente.1048/posts/10208553681952237

Called “state-sanctioned loan-sharking” by a bankruptcy lawyer, the program’s aggressive collections and stringent rules can easily mean financial ruin for borrowers.

01/16/2016

"Insights Gained from Organizing with College Students?"

On Sunday, Jan 17, there will be an event on Education Equity in Princeton between 12-1:30pm. Montclair State University Instructor, Steve Santos Belo will be sharing a reflection on organizing for tuition free public higher education.

A discussion will follow the reflection. The event is free and open to all interested. Please join us.

This event is sponsored by the Young Adults at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton.

11/12/2015

Students at UCC and MSU joining others all over the country, standing up for a way of doing education and society!!

11/12/2015

Here we go!! Nov 12 MillionStudentMarch for !!

UCC meeting in the commons
MSU meeting in the quad or (if it rains) in UH

12pm!!

11/09/2015

On Thursday at 12pm, Union County College and Montclair State University will be joining over 100 colleges in the . We are marching to raise awareness on our campuses for the 'College for All Act,' a bill in Congress that would make all 4-year public colleges and universities tuition free.

If you know students that attend either of these two institutions, share this with them.

Colleges & Universities in NJ that are participating:

Rutgers
Montclair State
Rowan
Ramapo
Union County College
William Paterson
Kean

10/23/2015

South African students won their battle to prevent tuition increases after a week of protesting! President Zuma canceled the 2016 tuition hike! Congratulations to the students in South Africa, thank you for the inspiration!

10/20/2015

Students at Union County College raising awareness for tuition free public college- this event was coordinated by SGA and Phi Theta Kappa

10/16/2015

We keep at it-raising awareness at Friday's 2pm social.

10/15/2015

The "College for All Act" would make all 4-year public colleges and universities tuition free. This legislation is in the interest of hundreds of millions of people when you consider grandparents and parents who want their (grand)children to graduate with as little debt as possible, college students who want the same, and high school students who will soon enter college.

The only groups that do not want this legislation to pass are people who are profiting from student loan debt, the same groups of people who pay for the political campaigns of our congressional representatives. This is the reason that a legislation that would greatly benefit our society, that is in the interest of most citizens, only has a 1% chance of being enacted by Congress according to GovTrack.us.

We organize with the knowledge that in a democracy, the power is with the people. Our efforts to pass the "College for All Act" will be a social and political experiment which tests the claim "The United States is a democracy."

Tracking legislation and votes in the United States Congress.

10/13/2015

Dear Senator Bernie Sanders,

I have the pleasure of working with two groups of students at Montclair State University and Union County College where I teach, who are organizing to raise awareness for the "College for All Act." We understand ourselves to be engaged in a social and political experiment that will test the claim, "The United States is a democracy." Loosely defined, a democracy is a government where the elected officials make laws that represent the interest of the people. Yet, the opaqueness and confusion of many of the laws that are passed and even how they are passed, challenge that claim.

On our campuses and at academic institutions throughout the United States, students, faculty, and administrators are raising awareness for the legislation you introduced into Congress. Our goal is to show that there is popular support. With popular support we should be able to get this legislation passed in Congress, even though there are powerful interest groups who would prevent this from happening. You've done the people of the United States a great service by introducing this legislation into Congress but this cannot become law without our help. Help us raise awareness as we express and exercise democracy. On social media we are and .

Sincerely,

Steve Santos and the student organizers at Montclair State University and Union County College

10/12/2015