The Biden administration is stepping up efforts to encourage borrowers to apply for a student loan forgiveness initiative before it expires in October.
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House Democrats this week unveiled a new bill that would reform a key student loan forgiveness program. If passed, the bill would result in dramatically accelerated student loan forgiveness for borrowers who have devoted their careers to public service work.
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The Higher Education Inquirer is taking a close look at who’s invested in Maximus, the enormous social welfare profiteer. Maximus has been servicing student loan defaulters for years and has now taken over Navient’s federal student loan business, branding...
While no final decision has been made, several signs point to another extension of the student loan payment pause. But without concrete information from the White House and Education Department, borrowers are in the dark about what to expect in the coming...
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Advocates are sounding the alarm that thousands of borrowers may not realize that they qualify for student loan forgiveness, and they may lose out on critical relief once the program ends. Top Biden administration officials have suggested that an extension if...
The proposed changes would curb runaway balance growth due to student loan interest capitalization, and would streamline and expand existing student loan forgiveness programs. Here are the details.
In March 2020, the Department of Education suspended required payments on federal student loans due to the COVID crisis. The feds extended the pause six times, meaning that most borrowers have not made student-loan payments for more than two years. Nearly four out...
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Several new student loan forgiveness initiatives are temporary, and borrowers have only a limited time window to apply or benefit from the relief before it ends. Here’s what you need to know, and how to apply.
Hundreds of thousands of borrowers may qualify for federal student loan cancellation under a program designed to address school misconduct. Here’s what you need to know.
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The Biden administration announced that it has approved over $8 billion in student loan forgiveness under a temporary expansion of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. But the initiative is set to end in just a few months. And advocates are calling on...
This week, the Biden administration agreed to cancel about $6 billion in student debt, granting relief to 200,000 college borrowers. The Department of Education reached a settlement agreement in a class-action lawsuit brought by student borrowers. A federal judge...
National Public Radio (NPR) recently ran a poll to determine what Americans think about student-loan forgiveness. More than half the respondents favor President Biden’s plan to forgive $10,000 in student debt per borrower. Among people with outstanding...
Under the terms of the settlement agreement, the Education Department will cancel nearly $6 billion in federal student loan debt for over 200,000 borrowers.
President Biden signed the Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment and Technical Corrections Act yesterday, and congressional leaders are patting themselves on the back. According to Senator Chuck Grassley, one of the Senate bill’s sponsors, the new law will remove...
President Biden is nearing a decision on whether to enact broad student loan forgiveness. But the debate continues over how far he should go.
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President Biden confirmed on Monday that he is nearing a decision on student loan forgiveness and gas tax relief for millions of Americans.
President Biden promised college borrowers $10,000 in student-loan forgiveness when he was on the campaign trail. He has yet to deliver on that promise. Some progressives urge Biden to forgive more student debt. The NAACP said, “$10,000 is not enough,...
Buckle up — millions of borrowers who are on track for a key student loan forgiveness program are about to be transferred to a new student loan servicer. Here’s what you need to know.
The Biden administration has been touting $25 billion in student loan forgiveness approved for borrowers during the last year and a half. At least 1.3 million borrowers have been determined to be eligible. Here’s what you need to know.
President Biden is flirting with a massive student-loan forgiveness plan–$10,000 in debt relief for 97 percent of all college borrowers. The Washington Post, perhaps America’s most progressive newspaper, urges him not to pull the trigger. “Biden...
Top Biden administration officials are hinting at yet another extension of the ongoing student loan pause. And any decision on a further extension of the payment pause may be tied to a decision on broad student loan forgiveness.
Borrowers who don’t know about Biden’s temporary initiative or have not taken action yet are increasingly at risk of missing the boat on student loan forgiveness.
While hundreds of thousands of borrowers will see their student debt balances forgiven automatically, the program that underlies the administration’s newest student loan cancellation initiative is open to anyone.
Earlier this week, the Department of Education wiped away all student debt owed by more than a million former students who attended one of the Corinthian Colleges campuses. The cost? About $5.8 billion. Since his administration began, President Biden has approved $25...
The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that the Education Department has approved billions of dollars in student loan forgiveness for borrowers defrauded by their school — and the relief will be provided automatically.
As President Biden continues to consider a broad student loan forgiveness initiative, a huge coalition of advocacy organizations is urging him to cancel substantial amounts of student loan debt.
Earlier this week, Inside Higher Education reported that college enrollments have declined for five straight semesters. In the spring 2020 semester–when the COVID epidemic began–the nation’s colleges enrolled 17.1 million students. Today, 15.9...
President Biden appears to be nearing a final decision on mass student loan forgiveness.
