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Reed to Hold Free College Financial Aid Workshop on Thursday, Nov. 1st
PROVIDENCE, RI - With just one day to go before U.S. Senator Jack Reed’s annual College Financial Aid Workshop at Cranston High School West auditorium, Senator Jack Reed is strongly encouraging all Rhode Islanders interested in applying to college to attend. Reed’s free College Financi...
Posted on 10/31/2012 | -
URI College of Nursing lands $3.8M
SOUTH KINGSTOWN - The University of Rhode Island’s College of Nursing has landed $3.8 million in federal funding to support the Ocean State’s nursing workforce, training and education, and research efforts....
Posted on 10/4/2012 | -
Reed to Join President Obama for Signing of Student Loan Bill
U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) will join President Barack Obama tomorrow at a White House ceremony as the President signs into law legislation preventing interest rate increases on new loans to millions of college students. Reed, who was instrumental in passing an agreement to prev...
Posted on 7/5/2012 | -
Reed Statement on Passage of Student Loan Rate Fix
Today, after the U.S. Senate approved a one year fix to prevent the interest rate on subsidized Stafford student loans from doubling on 7.4 million students nationwide, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), who offered the Student Loan Affordability Act back in January of 2012, issued the...
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Keeping College Affordable
Posted on 6/26/2012 | -
Honoring the 40th Anniversary of Pell Grants
Mr. President, 1972 was a watershed year for expanding educational opportunities in this country. The Education Amendments of 1972 included title IX--now known as the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act--guaranteeing educational opportunities for women and girls in federally supported educat...
Posted on 6/21/2012 | -
Reed Welcomes Obama’s Change in Immigration Policy
U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today welcomed President Obama’s directive allowing DREAM Act-eligible students to apply for deferred action, granting them protection against deportation and the ability to get work authorization. The announcement extends to certain undocumented...
Posted on 6/15/2012 |