Hillary Clinton Unveils Comprehensive Plan to Address Student Loan Debt Crisis
Hillary Clinton today unveiled a new, comprehensive plan to address the existing $1.3 trillion plus student loan debt crisis and make college more affordable.
Student Loan Debt
The Reality of Scott Walker’s Record on Higher Education
Gov. Scott Walker likes to tout his tuition freeze, but what he isn’t telling you is that the freeze came after he had already significantly cut state support for higher education in the State of Wisconsin.
Gov. Walker’s Refusal to Embrace Proposal to Allow Refinancing of Student Loans Goes From Mystifying to Appalling
Recent financial disclosures from Walker reveal that, like 43 million other Americans, his children have taken on student loan debt to pay for their higher education.
Student Activists Look to State Gov’ts When Uncle Sam Looks Other Way
We have state-based legislation we are pushing in Wisconsin. We think that states should be able to provide refinancing for folks who have student loans. [The Street]
Dear Ron Johnson: Wisconsin’s 800,000-plus Student Loan Borrowers Are Not Lazy
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson should immediately apologize to the state’s more than 800,000 hardworking student loan borrowers for “ignorant comments, bordering on insulting” made to media yesterday.
Scott Walker’s Bankrupt Student Loan Debt Claim
Scott Walker will say and do anything to get elected. But on student loan debt, he’s flat out lying to the 43 million Americans, and their families, who have $1.3 trillion in debt.
Assembly Budget Packed With Giveaways for Special Interests, Nothing for One Million Wisconsin Student Loan Borrowers
Instead of helping borrowers, Gov. Walker wrote a budget to advance his presidential ambitions and Assembly Republicans piled on approving a budget full of special interest giveaways.
Scott Walker Is Drowning Students In Debt
One Wisconsin Now has helped launch “HOLD YOUR BREATH,” a graphic ad depicting an individual drowning to symbolize the plight of Americans burdened by student debt.
Ad targeting Scott Walker says college graduates are ‘drowning’ in student debt
Gov. Scott Walker is the target of a graphic new ad launched by three liberal groups who say he's been the "worst governor in America" for the country's student debt problem. [Capital Times]
Higher Education
Gov. Scott Walker likes to tout his tuition freeze, but what he isn’t telling you is that the freeze came after he had already increased tuition substantially.
Wisconsin Democrats reintroduce student loan refinancing bill
To deny them the opportunity of the American dream when they're doing the yeoman's work, the hard work of helping people ... is a crime. [Capital Times]
Higher Ed, Lower Debt Act Introduced, Would Allow Wisconsin Borrowers to Refinance Student Loans Just Like You Can a Mortgage
Now it’s time for their elected leaders to step up for them and put common sense before politics by allowing borrowers to refinance their student loans, just like you can with a mortgage.
Higher Ed Cost Shift Sabotaging State’s Growth
If we’re going to move our state forward, we need to choose a different path by recommitting to public education as a public good and reducing student debt.
Federal agency visits Milwaukee to hear student debt concerns
The message is clear: many student debt services deserve an "F" grade, and the federal government wants to improve the mark. [WTMJ-TV]
One Wisconsin Now Joins Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Forum on Student Loan Debt Crisis
The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau convened a field hearing in Milwaukee today to hear from the public about their experiences with student loan debt and the servicing of their loans.
State Budget Committee Republicans Reject Common Sense Student Loan Debt Refinancing Plan
Republicans on the state legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance today rejected a common sense state-based plan to allow borrowers to refinance their loans, just like you can a mortgage.
Report Shows How Higher Education Great Cost Shift Hurts Wisconsin Families and State Economy
Declining financial support for higher education by the state of Wisconsin has shifted costs onto consumers, increased student loan debt and decreased the affordability of higher education.
Wisconsin’s Great Cost Shift
Declining financial support for higher education has shifted costs onto consumers, increased student loan debt and decreased the affordability of higher ed.
Testimony Against Elimination of the Educational Approval Board
One Wisconsin Now Program Director Analiese Eicher offered the following testimony on provisions of Assembly Bill 163 related to the elimination of the Educational Approval Board.
1T Day: Worst. Anniversary. Ever.
Saturday marks three years since the student loan debt Americans are taking on to pay for their education and job training crossed the one trillion dollar mark.
Budget committee to consider cutting board that oversees for-profit colleges
That Gov. Walker would propose gutting state oversight of the predatory practices all too common in this industry suggests he either doesn’t understand the problem or just doesn’t care. [Capital Times]
Gov. Walker’s Budget Plan for Fewer Protections for Students From Predatory For-Profit College Industry Up for Joint Finance Consideration
That Gov. Walker would propose gutting state oversight of the predatory practices all too common in this industry suggests he either doesn’t understand the problem or just doesn’t care.
No Joke: Gov. Walker’s 2015 Budget Plan for Higher Education So Bad University of Wisconsin Forced to Raise Tuition Before it Passes
Today’s vote by the Board of Regents is a grim preview of what’s to come under Gov. Walker’s 2015 budget.
Gov. Walker’s 2015 Budget Scheme Already Resulting in Tuition Hikes, Could Limit Wisconsin Students Access to University of Wisconsin School of Their Choice
The UW System Board of Regents Finance Committee today approved large tuition increases for out-of-state students attending UW schools and for students seeking advanced degrees.
Gov. Scott Walker’s Phony Badger Boosterism
Being a true Badger fan means supporting the university system that the extraordinary student athletes of the UW men’s basketball team have so ably represented.
Tammy Baldwin, Ron Johnson differ on how to solve student debt crisis
One Wisconsin Now executive director Scot Ross said Johnson's comments added "insult to injury" for Wisconsin's student loan borrowers. [Capital Times]
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson Literally Adds Insult to Injury for One Million Wisconsin Student Loan Borrowers
Sen. Johnson not only blamed students for the $1.2 trillion student loan debt crisis, he followed it up with a vote on the Senate floor against common sense legislation.
Senator Elizabeth Warren Reintroducing Common Sense Student Loan Debt Refinancing Bill
Allowing for the refinancing of student loans is a common sense, pro-consumer solution to help 40 million Americans with over $1.2 trillion in debt.
President Obama Proposes Student Aid Bill of Rights
President Barack Obama today unveiled a “Student Aid Bill of Rights” to help the forty million student loan borrowers across the nation.
Scott Walker budget would remove oversight of for-profit colleges
"The for-profit college industry has engaged in the kinds of tactics and activities that should earn them more, not less, scrutiny," said Analiese Eicher, program director for the liberal group One Wisconsin Now. [Capital Times]
The War on the Wisconsin Idea
Rather than reinforcing the university's commitment to public service, Walker made clear he does not consider public education a virtue worth preserving.
Gov. Walker Explanations of ‘Drafting Error’ Laughable, Impact of Proposed Budget Cuts to University System and Unlimited Tuition Increases No Joke
While Gov. Walker attempts to explain away either an intentional attack on the Wisconsin Idea, he is standing by egregious cuts that will hurt current and prospective UW students and explode student loan debt.
Gov. Walker Sticks Middle Class, Schools and Students With Tab for His Fiscal Mismanagement
Walker’s higher education budget is a recipe for more even more student loan debt for a nation that already has 40 million Americans who worked hard for their education or job training.
U.S. Representative Mark Pocan Takes on Student Loan Debt Crisis With New Bill for Common Sense Student Loan Refinancing
U.S. Representative Mark Pocan announced today he is re-introducing legislation to allow borrowers to refinance their federal student loans and take advantage of lower interest rates.
Scot Ross: Scott Walker’s budget would explode student loan debt
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s recently unveiled higher education budget plans would only exacerbate the burgeoning student loan debt crisis. [Capital Times]
Take it to the Bank: Gov. Walker’s Budget Plan Will Explode Student Loan Debt In Wisconsin
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s recently-unveiled higher education budget plans will only exacerbate the burgeoning student loan debt crisis.
Gov. Walker Proposes Big Cuts to University of Wisconsin System, Big Tuition Hikes for Wisconsin Students and Big Payday for Milwaukee Bucks
Gov. Scott Walker today announced he is calling for $300 million in budget cuts to the University of Wisconsin System and allowing unlimited tuition hikes beginning in 2017.
One Wisconsin Now Praises President Obama’s Call for Free Community College in State of the Union Address
President Obama's vision for an educated, well-trained, debt free workforce stands in marked contrast to what we've gotten in Wisconsin from Gov. Scott Walker.
Mark Pocan reflects on student loan debt work, dysfunctional Congress
[U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan] credits the Madison-based advocacy group One Wisconsin Now with doing the work that created the foundation for his legislation. [Capital Times]
UW’s Sara Goldrick-Rab says Obama’s free community college plan is ‘smart and bold’
In Wisconsin, the advocacy group One Wisconsin Now said that the plan reflects the national value that that public education is a public good that the public supports. [Capital Times]
One Wisconsin Now Enthusiastically Supports President Obama’s Proposal for Free Community College Tuition
Because elected officials like U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson and Gov. Scott Walker have failed to act in the interests of Wisconsin’s nearly one million student loan borrowers.
Walker Inaugural Address Ignores One Million Wisconsin Student Loan Borrowers
What he didn't do was use any of those words to call for desperately needed reform for one million student loan borrowers in Wisconsin, and forty million more across the country.
As Percentage of Wisconsin Graduates With Student Loan Debt Rises, GOP Leaves Borrowers Out in the Cold
It is appalling Gov. Walker and the Republican legislative majority have again turned their back on the hard working college graduates saddled with massive education debt.
Mentions of ‘Washington’ Equal ‘Wisconsin’ in Gov. Walker’s Election Night Speech
Walker's eleven-minute speech mentioned Wisconsin ten times, Washington nine times and America twelve times. A stunning display that Wisconsin's Governor has already moved on to his next electoral objective.
Gov. Walker’s Student Loan Horror Show Premieres at ‘TheWalkerDead.com’
One Wisconsin Now is using Halloween to debut a new graphic depiction of the horrors of Gov. Scott Walker’s opposition to common sense student loan reforms for hundreds of thousands of Wisconsinites.
Degrees of risk: College is a financial gamble for too many
Activists like Scot Ross of One Wisconsin Now are arguing that student loans should be a deciding issue in the Nov. 4 election. Democratic challenger Mary Burke is making college affordability a pillar of her economic recovery plan. [Capital Times]
Wisconsin Minimum Wage, Maximum Student Debt Tour Counters Walker Bus Stops
U.S. Army Veteran and UW student Saul Newton will counter Gov. Walker's bus tour today with his own “Wisconsin Minimum Wage, Maximum Student Debt Tour.”
Mary Burke Supports Student Loan Debt Reform
Gov. Walker doesn't support common sense Reforms, like allowing Wisconsin's 800,000 borrowers to refinance loans at lower market rates.
Candidates Court ‘Basement Grads’ Who Struggle With Student Debt
Scot Ross, the executive director of One Wisconsin Now, believes the issue could one day be as important as Social Security or Medicaid. Nearly three quarters of college students leave school with loans, and the average debt load is about $30,000, according to government data. More than one in 10 borrowers is in default. Student […] [Wall Street Journal]
The Lost Generation
According to a report from the One Wisconsin Institute, the devastating effects of student loan debt “may reduce new vehicle spending by as much as an estimated $6.4 billion annually in the US.. [Truth-Out]