Unlike the Wall Street Journal Op-Ed, which completely missed the perspective of students, about the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, OregonLive.com, Oregon's leading online news source, published a student's opinion.
Getachew Kassa, a student government officer at the University of Oregon and a USSA board member, wrote about how his university and state would be positively impacted by SAFRA in this editorial.
Mr. Kassa wrote:
Getachew Kassa, a student government officer at the University of Oregon and a USSA board member, wrote about how his university and state would be positively impacted by SAFRA in this editorial.
Mr. Kassa wrote:
Here in Oregon, the Legislature has severely cut funding for higher education over the last decade, and the Oregon Opportunity Grant received a reduction of over $10 million. Mitigating economic shortfalls on the backs of students by shifting the cost of college away from the state and onto working families is a shallow solution to a deep financial problem. Instead, the government should be investing in students, ensuring that Oregon helps meet President Barack Obama's goal of having the United States produce more college graduates than any other country by 2020.Learn more about the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act and read what others are saying about this necessary reform.
The U.S. Congress is doing its part to meet this ambitious aim by passing the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, a landmark bill that makes the greatest higher education investment in American history. This legislation, which was passed by the House of Representatives on Sept. 17, eliminates the Federal Family Education Loan Program, a wasteful government program that subsidizes private lenders to issue student loans. By cutting out banks as the unnecessary middle man, the federal government will save an estimated $87 billion over the next 10 years that will be allocated to student-friendly, need-based aid and essential access and retention programs at no new cost to taxpayers.
