This e-mail went out yesterday at UT. I am so glad to see the Executive Committees of the Faculty Council and the Graduate Assembly of The University of Texas at Austin issue this statement this morning. At issue is the repeal of the student loan interest deduction and other sections of the IRS tax code (Sections 117(d) and 127).Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz need to hear from all of us right away. Tax reform should not get done on the backs of our already indebted graduate students. Talk about discouraging them and rendering a serious blow to higher education at the same time.
I teach masters and doctoral-level students and they all inspire the hope for a better world.
Graduate students, by all means make calls, as well. You and your parents have a direct interest in the outcome of this so-called tax reform legislation.
Angela Valenzuela
