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Reverse
the Tuition Hikes!
Youth for Socialist
Action believes that education is a right, not a privilege. We believe that education – from Kindergarten
to Graduate School, should be free and available to everyone.
We have made opposing
the national epidemic of tuition hikes, and the erosion of quality, public
education, one of our main national campaigns.
Below is a list of
resources and essays on the issue from the Labor Party Free Higher
Education page.
The United States has
become a nation of educational haves and have-nots. Tuition costs are
skyrocketing while real incomes have remained stagnant. Aid programs based
on financial need continue to decrease. Students borrow money and then face
unmanageable debt when they finish college.
Higher education should be available to everyone; it should not be limited
by financial considerations. This is the basic and simple idea that
underlies the Free Higher Education campaign. This campaign – coordinated
by the Debs-Jones-Douglass Institute – has been endorsed by numerous
academic and labor organizations.
"Free
Higher Ed!" Mark Dudzic
and Adolph Reed Jr., The Nation, 2/23/04
"Majoring in Debt"
Adolph Reed Jr., The Progressive, January
2004
"Why Political Scientists Should Support Free
Public Higher Education"
PS - the
journal of the American Political Science Association
FAQs about Free Higher Education
Statement of Academics in Support of Free Higher
Education
Sign the statement
Send the statement to a colleague
Resolution in Support of Free Higher Education for
Unions or Academic Associations
Free For All: A DJDI Working Paper (pdf)
"Higher Sights," Laura McClure, Labor Party Press/May
2002
A GI Bill For Everybody, Adolph Reed, Jr. Dissent Magazine /FALL 2001 /VOLUME 48, NUMBER 4
GI Bill of Rights fact sheet
Education Free For All, by Jeff Thacker, Boston's Weekly Dig,
Sept. 4, 2002
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