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FY18 Open Textbooks Program Appropriation: the next step toward textbook affordability

Wednesday, March 21, 2018
By | Kaitlyn Vitez
Higher Education Advocate

In today’s long-overdue budget bill, Congress set aside $5 million for open textbook initiatives nationwide, which would replace high-cost publisher materials with free materials that can be accessed online or downloaded.

576 Higher Education Groups Urge Congress to Support Student Aid

Wednesday, April 5, 2017
By | Kaitlin Steen
Higher Education Fellow

Today, 576 organizations and institutions of higher education sent a letter to Congress asking them to protect federal student aid as they finish up FY17 appropriations and start working on FY18. U.S PIRG worked in a large coalition representing students, institutions, educators, advocates, and employers to draft and circulate the letter of support. The letter comes after calls by President Trump to cut the Pell grant reserve by a combined $5.2 billion in FY17 and FY18 and multiple proposals in Congress to cut a portion of the Pell grant reserve. 

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We banned fracking in Maryland!

Thursday, March 30, 2017
By | Student PIRGs

Check out this blog post by MaryPIRG Students campaign coordinator Devorah Stavisky on how they helped ban fracking in Maryland!

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Wrapping Up the 2016 Elections

Thursday, November 10, 2016
By | Student PIRGs
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