By Karen Stokes On Wednesday, President Biden announced an additional $4.5 billion in student debt cancellation for over 60,000 borrowers through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) … [Read more...]
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Biden Administration’s Student Loan Forgiveness Program
By Karen Stokes A federal appeals court recently upheld the dismissal of a challenge to a key Biden administration student loan forgiveness initiative. This decision supports the Biden-Harris … [Read more...]
Biden-Harris Administration Approves $6.1 Billion Group Student Loan Discharge
By Karen Stokes The Biden-Harris Administration announced an additional over $6 billion in student debt cancellation for 317,000 borrowers who attended the Art Institutes, on or after Jan. 1, 2004, … [Read more...]
Biden-Harris Administration Approves Additional $5.8 Billion in Student Debt Relief for Public Service Workers
By Karen Stokes On Thursday, the Biden-Harris Administration announced the approval of $5.8 billion in additional student loan debt relief for 77,700 borrowers. These approvals are the result … [Read more...]
Biden-Harris Administration Approves $1.2 Billion in Loan Forgiveness for Over 150,000 SAVE Plan Borrowers
By Karen Stokes The Biden-Harris Administration announced that it will automatically discharge $1.2 billion in loans for nearly 153,000 borrowers who are eligible for the shortened time to … [Read more...]
The Biden Administration is Proposing a More Manageable Student Loan Plan
By Karen Stokes The Department of Education released its proposed rule updating its Income Driven Repayment program to make student loan payments more manageable for borrowers moving … [Read more...]
Department of Justice Begins Supreme Court Defense of Student Loan Forgiveness
Lawyers from the Department of Justice said that Congress gave the president “clear permission” to go ahead with his plan. By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National … [Read more...]
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Student Debt Loan Forgiveness Eligibility Changes
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor The ink wasn’t even dry on my column last week, when the U.S. Department of Education made a major change to the student loan forgiveness … [Read more...]
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Student Loan Forgiveness Alleviates Financial Stress of College, a Process Largely Unfamiliar to Black Students.
By Myron Edwards Deputy Field Director at For Our Future Wisconsin Growing up, college was not something I had ever seriously envisioned for my future–but I can proudly say I am the first in … [Read more...]