Education, Maine’s Economy No car, no home, no retirement: How $6 billion of education debt spurs hardship for Mainers, holds back our economy FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 10, 2018 CONTACT: Mario Moretto, Communications Director mario@mecep.org (207) 620-1101 AUGUSTA, Maine — College degrees and other post-secondary certificates are an accelerant for individual […] Posted December 10, 2018 Tags Higher Education, Student Debt
Education, Jobs and Income Maine college graduates struggle to pay down school debt as state battles with lenders A new [MECEP] poll shows that student loan debt and predatory practices by some lenders that make paying loans back increasingly expensive prevents a majority of borrowers […] MaineBiz Posted December 3, 2018 Tags Consumer Protection, Higher Education, Student Debt
Education, Jobs and Income Survey finds that Mainers are struggling to pay off student loans Mainers are struggling to pay off their student loans, with their debt impacting everything from car purchases to health care. That’s according to the results of a […] Maine Public Posted December 1, 2018 Tags Consumer Protection, Higher Education, Student Debt
Education MaineBiz: MECEP supports LePage/Grohman student debt relief effort From the article: James Myall, a policy analyst at the Maine Center for Economic Policy, described the bill “as a promising initiative to start addressing these economic problems.” […] MaineBiz Posted March 19, 2018 Tags Education, Higher Education, Student Debt
Education PRESS RELEASE: DeVos threatens Maine's authority to protect students from predatory loan practices FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 1, 2018 CONTACT: Mario Moretto, Communications Director mario@mecep.org (207) 620-1101 DeVos threatens Maine’s authority to protect students from predatory loan practices Maine must […] Posted March 1, 2018 Tags Education, Higher Education, Student Debt
Education In Maine, higher education tuition hikes and reduced quality threaten economic future The Maine Center for Economic Policy’s (MECEP) analysis of a report released by the Center for Budget Policy and Priorities (CBPP) reveals that Maine students at four-year public […] James Myall Posted August 24, 2017 Tags Higher Education, Student Debt
Health Care Press Release: U.S. House GOP Aims for Cuts that Cost Working Families and Those Struggling to Make Ends Meet U.S. House Budget Committee is scheduled to review a budget resolution that makes hard-working families pay more and worsens budget deficits with massive tax cuts for the […] Posted July 19, 2017 Tags Federal, Health Care, Higher Education, Medicaid, Medicare, SNAP
Education Maine lawmakers need to protect student loan borrowers A new report from the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) highlights another way that the very companies that are supposed to be helping Maine student loan […] Jody Harris Posted June 23, 2017 Tags Consumer Protection, Higher Education, Student Debt
Education Testimony in Support of LD 1507, An Act To Establish a Student Loan Bill of Rights to License and Regulate Student Loan Servicers In Maine, most students do borrow for college. Sixty-three percent left school with debt in 2015, carrying an average debt load of $30,000. The debt load is […] Mark Sullivan Posted May 10, 2017 Tags Higher Education, Student Debt
Education Testimony in Support of LD 1404, An Act to Ensure the Integrity of For-profit Colleges We have a public and economic interest in making sure that students have access to affordable higher education that will give them the skills they need to […] Mark Sullivan Posted April 24, 2017 Tags Higher Education, Student Debt