Good News: Oregon approves a pay-it-forward plan for free college tuition on the same day that student loan interest rates doubled

July 1st has come and gone. Interest on that $1 trillion dollar student loan load did double, from 3.4% to 6.8% What are we going to do about it? Clearly, doing nothing isn’t working.

For an extended analysis of the disgraceful national situation:

Do We Hate Our Children? The Insane System That Turns Young Adults into Indentured Servants

 

For what Oregon is getting ready to offer as an alternative:

‘Pay It Forward’ Plan In Oregon Would Make Tuition Free At State’s Public Universities