{"id":25366,"date":"2015-11-12T10:50:16","date_gmt":"2015-11-12T14:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=25366"},"modified":"2015-11-12T10:53:37","modified_gmt":"2015-11-12T14:53:37","slug":"college-campuses-boil-over-with-student-debt-and-tuition-hike-gripes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=25366","title":{"rendered":"College Campuses Boil Over With Student Debt and Tuition Hike Gripes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"article__heading\">Million Student March: 100+ US campuses rally against tuition fees &amp; student debt<\/h2>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>RT.com<\/p>\n<div class=\"columns__content\">\n<div class=\"article \">\n<div class=\"article__cover\">\n<div class=\"media \"><\/div>\n<div class=\"media__footer media__footer_bottom \">\n<div class=\"media__title media__title_arcticle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/56441839c36188f1298b45ef.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-25371\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/56441839c36188f1298b45ef.jpg\" alt=\"56441839c36188f1298b45ef\" width=\"675\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/56441839c36188f1298b45ef.jpg 675w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/56441839c36188f1298b45ef-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\u00a9 studentmarch.org \/ Reuters<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__share\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"columns__content\">\n<div class=\"article \">\n<div class=\"article__text text \">\n<p>Students from more than 100 American universities are set to unite in a Million Student March to protest over tuition fees, student debt and higher wages for campus workers.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe are people of all colors, genders, and sexual orientation, and we are united to fight for education as a human right,\u201d<\/em> the movement\u2019s statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>Organized primarily through Facebook by students, numerous marches are expected to hit US states from Seattle and Florida to California and Vermont, with a total of 106 universities and colleges planning to participate. It&#8217;s unclear how many students are going to take part.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=zqmZ7H7Rl7dk.kuJV502NQz8o\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em>\u201cTogether, we can build an independent movement capable of winning tuition-free public college, a cancellation of all student debt, and a $15\/hr minimum wage for all campus workers!\u201d<\/em> the Million Student March website says.<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/twitter.com\/WPU_YDS\/status\/664614776002203649\/photo\/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><\/div>\n<p>The student behind the Million Student March is Keely Mullen, who herself expects to graduate from Northeastern University in Boston $150,000 in arrears.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><\/div>\n<p>The average college graduate from the Class of 2015 has over $35,000 in debt, according to an analysis of government <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/economics\/2015\/05\/08\/congratulations-class-of-2015-youre-the-most-indebted-ever-for-now\/\">statistics<\/a>\u00a0published in May.<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/twitter.com\/RobinHoodTax\/status\/664223551646380032\/photo\/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><\/div>\n<p><em>\u201cThis is clearly an urgent crisis, but establishment politicians from both parties are failing to take action,\u201d<\/em> organizers said.<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/twitter.com\/PortiaReports\/status\/662675184562921472\/photo\/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><\/div>\n<p>One of the movement\u2019s supporters is presidential hopeful Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), who has repeatedly been lobbying for reduced college fees. In May, Sanders introduced a proposal to the Senate calling on public colleges in the US to begin offering free tuition.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Presidential hopeful Senator Bernie Sanders wants free public college tuition <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/wWJVQ5ytCz\">http:\/\/t.co\/wWJVQ5ytCz<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/2SjJONht1m\">pic.twitter.com\/2SjJONht1m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; RT (@RT_com) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RT_com\/status\/600551476369428480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"columns__content\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Million Student March: 100+ US campuses rally against tuition fees &amp; student debt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25366\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}