Why Walker Must Go Negative
Walker’s strategy is clear, Ross charges: “Instead of running on his record, he’s running on what he didn’t do.” [Urban Milwaukee]
Higher Education
Scott Walker Put Veterans at the Mercy of the Domestic War Profiteer For-Profit ‘College’ Cartel
Another Scott Walker Election Year publicity ploy for veterans is undermined by his record supporting the for-profit “college” industry.
Democrats’ bill would address students’ financial struggles
“Student loan debt is a clear and present multi-generational danger to the Wisconsin economy,” said One Wisconsin Now. [Wisconsin Gazette]
More Than 121,000 Likely Voters in Milwaukee County Pay Monthly Student Loan Debt
One Wisconsin Now's Analiese Eicher reminded the eight hopefuls that Scott Walker is the “worst governor in America for the student loan debt crisis.”
Student Debt Duo Scott Walker and Betsy DeVos Team Up to Roll Back Protections From Predatory For-Profit Colleges
Cuts to State Oversight and Rollback of Federal ‘Borrowers Defense’ Rule Leaves Students Vulnerable to Abuse
Scott Walker Hits Heights of Hypocrisy in Appearance Before Armed Service Veterans in Fox Valley
If Scott Walker really wanted to show respect for our veterans his policies would reflect that.
Gov. Scott Walker Hasn’t Called a Bank to Refinance His Family’s Student Loan Debt, And He Won’t Help Other Wisconsin Families Refinance Their Student Loans
When Scott Walker was questioned this week about whether he has followed his own advice, he indicated he had not.
Student Loan Debt Has Risen to 1.5 Trilllion Dollars
Analiese Eicher from One Wisconsin Now has been researching the issue of student loan debt for a while and joins 414Wisconsin to illuminate. [WRRD-AM]
No Gifts for College Grads from Republicans This Weekend
College students across Wisconsin aren’t getting any presents from Scott Walker and his fellow Republicans in Wisconsin and Washington D.C.
Latest Conference Hosted by Tommy Thompson Center Continues Promoting the Right-Wing Agenda on the Public Dime
The Tommy Thompson Center is designed to apply a veneer of academic respectability to the right-wing agenda they’re promoting.
Student Loan Debt Rises 50 Percent on Sixth Anniversary of $1T Day
April 25, 2012 is recognized as the day student loan debt in the U.S. reached the $1 trillion mark. Six years later student loan debt exceeds $1.5 trillion.
How much will investing in your education cost you in debt?
Analiese Eicher explained that after freezing tuition, Walker’s administration also considerably cut the amount of funding allocated to the universities. [Daily Cardinal]
College Loan Default Rates Rise 20 Years After Enrollment
Similarly, another study from One Wisconsin Institute found that loan repayment takes 19.7 years for bachelor’s degrees and 23 years for graduate degrees. [Study Breaks]
How to Know if College Is Worth It
In a survey by the One Wisconsin Institute respondents reported an average repayment period of approximately 21 years for college debt. [Teen Vogue]
Gov. Scott Walker Praises Creators of Student Loan Debt Crisis
Scott Walker, who opposes a common sense student loan refinance plan, is “honoring” one of the nation’s most worst actors in the student loan crisis, Sallie Mae.
Rep. Adam Jarchow Stars as ‘Jar Jar Banks’ In 10th Senate District Run
One Wisconsin Now Executive Director Scot Ross suggested Rep. Adam Jarchow has earned the moniker “Jar Jar Banks” for choosing banks over student loan borrowers.
Wisconsin Republicans Doing Nothing to Solve State’s $24 Billion Student Loan Crisis
An Assembly Republican committee will hold a public hearing on legislation that “would do less than nothing” to solve the student loan crisis in Wisconsin.
The Republicans’ Choice: Tax Giveaways for the Wealthy and Corporations Instead of Help for Hard Working Student Loan Borrowers
Republicans could have paid off the student loan debt of every American with what they’re willing to pile on to the federal deficit with their tax scheme.
The Federal Tax Code Is the Latest Weapon in GOP Assault on Higher Education
Several provisions in the tax bill being advanced by Congressional Republicans target student loan borrowers, students, and the schools they attend. [The Progressive]
Latest Higher Ed Proposals Prove, Again, It Can Always Get Worse With Donald Trump
The administration of Donald Trump today made public the changes they will seek in the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act.
Gov. Scott Walker’s Choice: Taxpayer-Funded Ads Over Solutions
Scott Walker announced today he will spend millions of state tax dollars on a national marketing campaign to try to attract millennial workers to Wisconsin.
Let students refinance their loans
“Student loan debt is the defining economic crisis for nearly 1 million Wisconsinites,” said progressive group One Wisconsin Now in a statement. [Wisconsin Gazette]
Chet Agni: Board of Regents chills free speech for students of color
Like students across the state, I was shocked by the Board of Regents’ new policy attacking free speech on University of Wisconsin System campuses. [Capital Times]
University of Wisconsin Students Blast Board of Regents Policy Threatening Free Speech on Campuses
UW students and free speech advocates are organizing to fight back against new restrictions on speech being imposed system wide by the Board of Regents
Americans Over Age 60 Fastest Growing Demographic for Student Loan Debt
A study from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finds that borrowers over age 60 is the age demographic in which debt is growing the fastest.
How Scott Walker is the worst governor for student loan borrowers
Analiese Eicher joins 414 Wisconsin to talk about how Scott Walker is the worst governor for student loan borrowers. [WRRD-AM]
For Student Loan Borrowers, Scott Walker Is America’s Worst Governor
One Wisconsin Now Program Director Analiese Eicher released the following statements regarding Gov. Scott Walker's atrocious record on the student loan debt.
Trump-Ryan-Republican Tax Plan Axes Federal Deduction for Student Loan Borrowers
A smorgasbord of tax giveaways to the wealthiest and corporations unveiled today by the GOP in D.C. eliminates a tax deduction for student loan borrowers.
Report: Wisconsin students owe $24 billion in college loan debt
A new report shows Wisconsin’s share of $1.4 trillion in U.S. student loan debt tops $24 billion. [WKOW-TV]
Report Shows Wisconsin’s Share of $1.4 Trillion in U.S. Student Loan Debt Tops $24 Billion
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau pegged Wisconsin borrowers’ share of the $1.4 trillion-plus student loan debt held nationally in 2016 at $24.4 billion.
Government student debt refinancing has support among lawmakers, but no near term agreement
Democratic U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan first introduced the bill in 2013 after learning about the implications of student debt from One Wisconsin Now. [Capital Times]
New Poll Finds Overwhelming, Bipartisan Support Among Wisconsin Voters for Allowing Student Loan Refinancing
Yet another poll of Wisconsin voters finds broad support for allowing student loan borrowers to refinance their loans.
Cap Times Talk panelists: Student loan debt needs fix before a crisis hits
“I find it difficult to see how 43 million Americans with $1.4 trillion in debt is not a national crisis,” said Analiese Eicher, One Wisconsin Now. [Capital Times]
Lawmakers hold public hearing on bills that would make rioting a felony
“Whether the authors of this legislation like it or not... the Constitution continues to protect our rights to speech, to assembly and to free association.” [Daily Cardinal]
Records Expose Right-Wing Agenda of Latest Academic Center on University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus
Right-wing politicians and academics are using tax dollars and chasing more money from right-wing foundations to promote their ideological agenda.
Wisconsin professors raised partisanship worries over Thompson Center
Emails obtained by One Wisconsin Now that were provided to The Associated Press on Wednesday show that professors raised red flags early on. [Associated Press]
Advocates for Student Loan Reform Call on National Democrats to Give 44 Million Americans a ‘Better Deal’
One Wisconsin Now and Student Loan Debt Crisis are urging national Democrats to include critical student loan reforms as part of their “Better Deal” agenda.
Editorial: UW regents’ assault on free speech is indefensible
What were the regents thinking? Some of them were, as UW-Madison senior Savion Castro complained, "capitulating to a band of right-wing extremists." [Capital Times]
This time around, UW Regents let student speak (briefly) on free speech
One Wisconsin Now said the regents adopted the policy — which mirrors a bill passed by the Assembly in June — because the legislation had stalled in the Senate. [Capital Times]
University of Wisconsin Board of Regents Adopt Unconstitutional Policy Based on Unconstitutional Assembly Legislation
The Regents have imposed a system wide policy codifying an ideological agenda and creating campus safe spaces for right-wing provocateurs.
UW Regents To Take Up Controversial Vote
The UW Board of Regents is poised to codify as policy the provisions of potentially unconstitutional legislation to restrict free speech on UW campuses. [WKOW-TV]
UW students urge regents to protect student rights in campus free speech policy
One Wisconsin Now asserts that the regent policy is intended to codify and insert into law as administrative code the potentially unconstitutional legislation. [Capital Times]
Analiese Eicher: Walker, GOP not even trying to solve student loan debt crisis
Solutions for student loan debt remain unrealized, not because they are unreachable, but because the governor and the Republicans aren’t listening and aren’t trying. [Capital Times]
Louise Lyall & Laurel Noack: Rolling back Title IX protections makes UW less safe for women
By saying the rights of the perpetrator are more important than the rights of the victim, Betsy DeVos and the Department of Education are once again sweeping the issue of sexual assault under the rug. [Wisconsin State Journal]
University of Wisconsin Board of Regents Threatens Students Free Speech
The UW Board of Regents is poised to codify as policy the provisions of potentially unconstitutional legislation to restrict free speech on UW campuses.
Student loan forgiveness program is about to face its first major test
“Not only is there an uncertainty about whether or not this program is going to happen, but there’s still an uncertainty about how this works,” said Analiese Eicher. [MarketWatch]
Matt Rothschild: 10 steps Wisconsin progressives need to take
We also need student debt forgiveness. Here’s a shout-out to Scot Ross at One Wisconsin Now for bringing the issue of student debt to the fore. [Capital Times]
One Year Anniversary of Gov. Scott Walker Telling Wisconsin Student Loan Borrowers to ‘Call a Bank’
Today marks the one year anniversary of Gov. Scott Walker advising Wisconsin borrowers to “call a bank”.
New poll shows popular support for student loan payment reform
Poll conducted by One Wisconsin [Institute] showed broad bipartisan support for student loan payment reform despite failure to pass such legislation in Wisconsin [Badger Herald]
One Wisconsin Now Statements on Trump-DeVos Repeal of Title IX Sexual Assault Investigation Guidelines
Repealing revised guidelines on investigations of sexual assaults on college campuses sends victims back into the shadows, deters reporting of sexual assault.