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Students Relying on More Financial Aid but Fewer Take Out Loans
Dozens of Advocacy Groups Demand Biden Immediately Cancel Students’ Debts
Biden’s Backup for Student Loan Relief Likely to Take a Year
Negotiations over loan forgiveness will spotlight the Education Department’s complicated process to enact new rules—and are likely to frustrate borrowers in the process.
$39 Billion in Student Loan Relief for 804,000 People
The debt discharge is the result of an effort to give borrowers credit for more payments and rectify failings in the student loan system.
Higher Ed Groups ‘Appalled’ at House Budget Cuts
House Republicans proposed cutting money for Federal Work-Study and a childcare subsidy for parents in college. Those moves have left colleges worried about the impacts. NIH also would be cut.
President Biden Plans to Change How Students Pay for College
The restart of student loan repayment looms as the Biden administration readies to roll out a new way to help borrowers at risk of defaulting.
House Republicans Plan to Cut Education Department’s Budget
Biden Proposes New Debt-Relief Plan After Supreme Court Rejects Initial Proposal
The 6-to-3 decision stops the Biden administration from moving forward with plans to forgive up to $20,000 in student loans for eligible Americans, but the administration announced new steps to aid borrowers.