Comments for Student Aid Alliance

Comment on Student Impact on Sequestration by Stacey McRae

Stacey McRae — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:37:52 +0000

I count on federal student aid to keep my son in college. With all the talk of how important education is in this country and the focus on “No Child Left Behind”, etc. I would think that this would be the last place the government of our country would want to make cuts!!

Comment on Student Impact on Sequestration by michelle

michelle — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:27:24 +0000

Their is no garantee that after you graduate that you are going to find that one job that you went to school for. It is hard enough trying to raise a family and work for minimum wage, question? how can you pay your grants back and any other intrest that has been put on to that if you are working for 7.25 an hour and trying to pay the rest of your bills. The only way you can find a job for what you went to school for is if you have experiance and how are we going to get that experiance if their is no job out there that will even let us get a foot in the door to get that trainning you need to get that job you went to school for?

Comment on Budget Deal Maintains Pell Grant Maximum, But Cuts Year-Round Pell and Other Student Aid Programs by Derrick

Derrick — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:21:51 +0000

Our country wants to know why we have so many uneducated blue collar workers? Simple, we have some power tripping representatives who feel that education is not important. What they dont realize is this…. The only reason they have a high status position with the goverment is due to education. All we did for the year was put cuts on anything for education, thats pretty sad. So the question is this, will China always be more intellectual? HELL YES THEY WILL they focus on education and not cut it to the ground. Come on man….

Comment on Budget Deal Maintains Pell Grant Maximum, But Cuts Year-Round Pell and Other Student Aid Programs by todd

todd — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:10:40 +0000

What are your thoughts on Self employed students who make less then 15k?
Will they qualify for Financial Aid?

Comment on Statement by the Student Aid Alliance on Debt Ceiling Deal by Clarence

Clarence — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:25:52 +0000

Education is a non-negotiable.

Comment on House Releases Student Aid Spending Plan by Kyle Somers

Kyle Somers — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 17:34:37 +0000

This is not a bad move in the long run. It will force college’s to reduce tuition, or at least stop increasing it.

Comment on House Releases Student Aid Spending Plan by Education Votes

Education Votes — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:47:54 +0000

[...] Meanwhile, in the Senate, the Appropriates Subcommittee has proposed protecting the grant maximum of $5,550 and current eligibility—but it did so by proposing to eliminate the six-month grace period that follows graduation for low-income borrowers. In its report, the Committee explains: “The Committee makes this change reluctantly, but believes it is preferable to reducing the maximum Pell Grant award.” [...]

Comment on House Releases Student Aid Spending Plan by Kentrail Rudhing

Kentrail Rudhing — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:35:37 +0000

A lot of kids need that Pell grant to attend school to further their education. If you cut the Pell grant, kids like me wouldn’t b able to attend college because we don’t have the funds to do so.

Comment on Statement by the Student Aid Alliance on Debt Ceiling Deal by Alexander Eaton

Alexander Eaton — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 04:26:39 +0000

This article is correct that we should not balance the budget on the backs of students. We should however balance the budget because not doing so will lead to long-term consequences that negate the economic advantage gained through higher education. I’d like to come out of school into the working world again with a marginal tax rate at or near what it is today in order to pay my loans off quickly.

Alexander Eaton
President-Student Government Association
Jefferson College

Comment on A Letter to the House: Support Pell Grants, Vote Against H. Con. Res. 34 by Crystal Silva

Crystal Silva — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:20:09 +0000

As a minority attending a private university I heavily rely on the Pell Grant. I am the first in my family to attend college and hope to graduate next year and earn my masters. I know the struggles my mother went through with only having a 5th grade education, and I know the scarifice and investment I’ve made in myself. So please leave the Pell Grant alone their are plenty of students like myself that need it and depend on it.