Recent College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007


	Recent College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007

dmegivern

11-12-2007 1:39 PM

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college, affordability, loans, grants, students

dmegivern says:

Excerpts from interview between Tavis Smiley and George Miller (D-CA), a representative who strongly supports education.

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11-19-2007 1:14 AM

neochonetes

Tavis Smiley is helping with those very powerful conversations. I have watched some of them on CSPAN. Wished I could have been there.

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