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Economy

Locking in unaffordable tuition won’t make it affordable

Rep. Rick Jeffares, a state senator from Henry County, is proposing a plan that attempts to reduce college costs for Georgia students. The plan would lock in tuition for incoming freshmen during their next four years at school, preventing hiking tuition rates as students work on their degrees. But is simply locking the exorbitant price of tuition enough to help students? Median federal loan debt for Georgia students seeking a bachelor’s degree has more than

Education

Post-recession market hits African Americans harder, revealing systemic racism

According to a recent study by the Brookings Institute, in 1993 black graduates were pretty much as likely to be employed four years after receiving a degree as white graduates (90 percent versus 89 percent). However, in the 2008 cohort, black graduates’ employment rate drops to 72 percent, with white graduates at 83 percent. The report also shows that black graduates are currently also unfairly burdened by student debt. “After four years, the gap between

Better Georgia

What would Clinton’s tuition-free college plan mean for Georgians?

Many Americans see Hillary Clinton’s plan as an appeal to supporters of Bernie Sanders, who promised tuition-free college if elected. Although many are excited about the plan’s promise to offer tuition-free higher education, others are concerned about how the plan will be implemented — or that it won’t accomplish enough. Free tuition is only one of the many parts of the plan, but it is definitely the most exciting for Georgians struggling to pay the

Economy

Rep. Evans: Student Loan Debt is Unsustainable

State Representative Stacey Evans is a leading education advocate in the General Assembly. And she’s going on the offense against HOPE cuts, tuition increases, and student loan debt. From a recent post in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Addressing rising tuition must be done nationally and locally. And it is going to be hard. But, in the meantime, we cannot continue down the unsustainable path of passing the cost off to the student in the form of

The Scandals and Failures of Nathan Deal

We know that Gov. Nathan Deal has taken Georgia straight to the bottom. Georgia’s unemployment rate is now THE WORST in the nation. Deal’s ethics scandals have cost taxpayers $3.1 million in legal fees. He’s slashed education funding by $1 billion every, single year and broken the HOPE Scholarship. Four rural hospitals have closed on Gov. Deal’s watch and he’s blocking 600,000 uninsured Georgians from gaining coverage. And while many Georgia voters still don’t know