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When college graduates enter the workforce today, many get an eye-opening dose of reality when their new paychecks have to stretch to cover housing, car, health insurance and student loan payments. A bachelor’s degree graduate today shoulders about $19,000 in student debt. The loan burden climbs significantly for a graduate education.
Senator Grassley has long championed tax incentives to make higher education accessible and affordable for all students who want to pursue an advanced degree. As a father of five, Grassley understands why so many parents worry about the rising costs of higher education. Double-digit tuition increases can make saving for a child’s higher education and one’s own retirement seem overwhelming. Navigating the loan application process itself can be just as intimidating.
That’s why Senator Grassley wants to make sure the college savings vehicles and tax breaks for colleges and universities written into the federal tax code are cost-effective, efficient and working as intended.
Last December Grassley chaired a congressional oversight hearing to review the tax tools leveraged to make college more affordable for working families. It concerns him that some institutions, especially tax-exempt elite colleges, are jacking up tuition rates even while they have massive endowments.
Grassley has also been the leading advocate for talented and gifted children in the United States Congress and has worked to ensure that they have access to the education needed to reach their full potential. He advanced legislation that would expand the availability of gifted education services and he was successful in expanding the benefits available for gifted students through the No Child Left Behind Act.
Tell Senator Grassley what you think about this issue.
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March 1, 2012 - Internship applications are due March 15
February 8, 2012 - Grassley: Cedar Falls Student Selected for the Air Force Academy
February 2, 2012 - Grassley: Waterloo Student Selected for Admission to West Point
January 10, 2012 - Obama administration backtracks on student loan announcement
December 21, 2011 - Grassley: Coralville Student Selected by West Point
December 16, 2011 - Grassley Recommends Iowa Students to the U.S. Service Academies
December 13, 2011 - Grassley Explores Whether Top Health Care Agency Gave Special Access to Wall Street
December 8, 2011 - Grassley: College Tuition Hikes Come Despite Tax-favored Asset Hoarding
November 28, 2011 - Constitutional Principles at Stake in President’s Actions, Rhetoric
November 23, 2011 - Grassley asks White House to identify authority to make unilateral changes to the law
October 14, 2011 - Q&A on Education with U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
September 19, 2011 - Grassley Internships Available for Iowa Students
August 9, 2011 - Grassley Pursues Answers After American Bar Association's "Inadequate" Response
July 26, 2011 - Grassley Asks for Education Department Policies for Contact with Investors Seeking to Profit from Agency Information
July 11, 2011 - Grassley asks about potential bait and switch of students at ABA-accredited law schools and subsequent risk for taxpayers
July 1, 2011 - More Than $200,000 to Iowa Nursing Schools
June 28, 2011 - Q & A: Internship Opportunities
June 24, 2011 - Grassley Offers Internships to New College Graduates
June 2, 2011 - Applications for Internships with Grassley Due on June 15
May 20, 2011 - Salute to Graduates
May 17, 2011 - More Than $900,000 to University of Iowa
April 22, 2011 - Q & A: Fostering Student Talent
April 15, 2011 - Grassley, Casey sponsor bill to foster high achievement in public education
April 15, 2011 - Budget Showdown Previews Nation’s Fiscal Cliffhanger
March 24, 2011 - Nearly $400,000 to Iowa State University from the National Science Foundation
March 11, 2011 - Grassley applauds success of NE Iowa students in C-SPAN competition
March 4, 2011 - Q & A: Military and Service Academies
January 10, 2011 - Harkin, Grassley Congratulate Two Iowans Selected for the United States Senate Youth Program
December 16, 2010 - Grassley Nominates Young Iowans to U.S. Service Academies
December 9, 2010 - $600,000 to Iowa State University
October 15, 2010 - Keeping Government on a Short Leash
October 5, 2010 - $260,413 to University of Northern Iowa
September 30, 2010 - $159,300 to the North Polk Community School District
September 29, 2010 - More Than $150 Million to University of Iowa for Disaster Relief
September 29, 2010 - More Than $1 Million to Iowa from Department of Education
September 29, 2010 - Grassley Internship Applications Due October 15
September 28, 2010 - $499,770 to Iowa from Department of Education
September 28, 2010 - More Than $400,000 to Iowa State University
September 28, 2010 - Nearly $2 Million to Iowa Colleges and School Districts
September 23, 2010 - Grassley Highlights Need for School Stability for Foster Youth
September 22, 2010 - Grassley to Join Thursday News Conference on Foster Youth School Stability
August 13, 2010 - Reducing Tuition Sticker Shock
August 6, 2010 - More Than $7 Million to Iowa Colleges from U.S. Department of Education
August 4, 2010 - Grassley works to safeguard tax dollars distributed for economic stimulus
August 4, 2010 - Grassley votes for fiscal responsibility
July 29, 2010 - $363,341 to University of Iowa
July 29, 2010 - $144,750 to WITCC from the U.S. Department of Transportation
July 29, 2010 - $849,998 to Iowa State University
July 27, 2010 - $48,643 to Iowa State University from the National Science Foundation