U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s message for students thinking about college is simple: You can do it, and the federal government can help pay for it.<\/p>\n
Duncan visited Louisville on Thursday as part of a back-to-school bus tour with stops in 10 cities. He told a group of prospective college students during a discussion at the University of Louisville that too many of them never fill out federal financial aid forms. He said they miss out on about $150 billion in grants and loans made available by the federal government every year.<\/p>\n
Duncan said he worries that many students with the grades to go to college believe that it will be too expensive.<\/p>\n
Those skeptical students have a point: nationally, student debt is near $1.3 trillion dollars and the average price for in-state students at public four-year universities is 42 percent higher than it was a decade ago, according to the College Board.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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