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President Biden Announces Over 1 Million Public Service Workers Have Received Student Debt Cancellation

October 19, 2024

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...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Biden-Harris Administration, Joe Biden, Karen Stokes, Public Service Loan Forgiveness, Student Loan Forgiveness

Federal Appeals Court Upholds Biden Administration’s Student Loan Forgiveness Program

June 1, 2024

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...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Gainful Employment, Karen Stokes, Miguel Cardona, Student Loan Forgiveness

Biden-Harris Administration Approves $6.1 Billion Group Student Loan Discharge

May 3, 2024

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...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Biden-Harris Administration, Joe Biden, Karen Stokes, Student Loan Debt, Student Loan Forgiveness

Biden-Harris Administration Approves Additional $5.8 Billion in Student Debt Relief for Public Service Workers

March 23, 2024

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...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Biden-Harris Administration, Joe Biden, Karen Stokes, Student Loan Forgiveness

Biden-Harris Administration Approves $1.2 Billion in Loan Forgiveness for Over 150,000 SAVE Plan Borrowers

February 24, 2024

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...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Biden-Harris Administration, Karen Stokes, Miguel Cardona, Saving on A Valuable Education, Student Loan Forgiveness

The Biden Administration is Proposing a More Manageable Student Loan Plan

January 14, 2023

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...]

Popular Interests In This Article: James Kvaal, Karen Stokes, Student Loan Debt, Student Loan Forgiveness, Student Loans

Department of Justice Begins Supreme Court Defense of Student Loan Forgiveness

January 7, 2023

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...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Department of Justice, Stacy M. Brown, Student Loan Forgiveness, United States Supreme Court

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MILWAUKEE COURIER

Student Debt Loan Forgiveness Eligibility Changes

October 7, 2022

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...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Legislatively Speaking, Lena C. Taylor, Student Loan Debt Relief, Student Loan Forgiveness

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MILWAUKEE COURIER

Student Loan Forgiveness Alleviates Financial Stress of College, a Process Largely Unfamiliar to Black Students.

September 3, 2022

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...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Myron Edwards, Student Loan Forgiveness

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