Senator Jack Reed - US Senator for Rhode Island

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• Reed Joins RWU Students to Tackle Student Debt Crisis

  BRISTOL, RI - In an effort to help make college more affordable for students and middle-class families, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today joined Roger Williams University (RWU) President Donald J. Farish, faculty, and students in calling for action to prevent a student loan rate hike on July 1 and...

  Posted on 5/1/2013 | Interest rates, Loans, Jack Reed, Education, Rhode Island, Roger Williams University, Student loans, Students, Financial aid

• 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 | College Financial Aid Workshop, Students, Education, College, Financial aid

• RIC to Receive $622k to Help High School Students Prepare for College

  PROVIDENCE, RI - As Rhode Island’s Congressional delegation continues working to make college more affordable, prevent student loan rates from doubling, and protect Pell grants from looming budget cuts, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representatives Jim Langevin and Da...

  Posted on 5/14/2012 | College, graduation, Pell Grants, Higher education, Education, Department of Education, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Nancy Carriuolo, RIC, Loans, More Tags

  federal funding, Central Falls, Upward Bound, Schools, Rhode Island College, Funding, Interest rates, Financial aid, Grant

• Obama Pushes Reed’s Student Loan Initiative to Prevent Interest Rates from Doubling

  President Barack Obama is set to deliver his weekly radio address and then launch a tour of several college campuses next week urging Congress to prevent the interest rate on student loans from doubling in July.  On January 31st, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI)...

  Posted on 4/21/2012 | Education, College, Debt, Students, Loans, White House, Student Loan Affordability Act, Sherrod Brown, President Barack Obama, Interest rates, More Tags

  Student loans, Financial aid, Dick Durbin

• Student Loan Affordability Act

  Mr. REED. Mr. President, we are engaged in a very important debate while the clock is ticking on literally the future of the postal service.    I want to alert my colleagues to another issue that is rapidly approaching. On July 1, if we do not act, the interest rate on subsidized student l...

  Posted on 4/17/2012 | College, Debt, Middle class, Student Loan Affordability Act, Financial aid, Rhode Island, Economy, Education, Student loans, Students, More Tags

  Higher education, Interest rates, Loans, Schools

• Reed to Hold Free College Financial Aid Workshop on Monday, Nov. 21st

  CRANSTON, RI - On Monday, November 21st U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) will host his annual College Financial Aid Workshop at 7:00 p.m. at Cranston High School West.  Senator Reed’s free...

  Posted on 11/16/2011 | Cranston High School West, College Planning, Financial aid, Families, Student loans, Higher education, Pay for college, College Financial Aid Workshop, Loans, Cranston

• Reed Leads Successful Fight to Maintain Maximum Pell Grant Award

  n an effort to ensure that hardworking young people can afford the rising cost of college, the full Senate Appropriations Committee voted 15-13 late last night to maintain the maximum Pell grant award of $5,550.  U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), a member of the Approp...

  Posted on 9/22/2011 | College, Financial aid, Pell Grants, Department of Education, Education, Appropriations Committee, Student loans

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