Tag: Student
Leader of Federal Student Aid Office Steps Down After FAFSA Crisis
During Richard Cordray’s tenure at the agency, the botched rollout of the new FAFSA upended the college admissions process.
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University of Michigan and Other Colleges Crack Down on Student Protests
After years of tolerating unruly protests, some schools are starting to suspend and expel students, raising questions about where they should draw the [...]
$7.4 Billion More in Student Loans Are Canceled, Biden Administration Says
The announcement is the latest in a piecemeal approach the White House is using to target more specific subsets of borrowers.
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Student Aid Woes Stalk Cardona During Appearance on Capitol Hill
In two hearings, House lawmakers scrutinized Education Secretary Miguel Cardona’s record over persistent problems with the new FAFSA form.
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What to Know About Biden’s New Student Debt Relief Plan
The groups affected include:— Borrowers whose loan balances have ballooned because of interest would have up to $20,000 of their interest balance canc [...]
Biden to Announce Student Debt Relief for Millions in Swing-State Pitch
Officials said that 10 million borrowers could see debt relief of at least $5,000. The plan, set to be announced in Wisconsin, could help rally suppor [...]
Biden Will Try Again to Wipe Out Student Loan Debt for Millions of Borrowers
The Supreme Court blocked President Biden’s first attempt at large-scale student debt relief last summer.
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Biden Cancels $1.2 Billion in Student Loan Debt for 150,000 Borrowers
With the latest round of relief, the Biden administration has canceled $138 billion of student debt for nearly 3.9 million borrowers.
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Biden Cancels Another $5 Billion in Student Loan Debt
Most of the borrowers who will benefit from the latest wave of relief are teachers, nurses, firefighters and others in public service.
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Student loan costs to balloon £10bn a year – IFS report
The Institute of Fiscal Studies says higher interest rates have increased costs of financing the system.
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Teenage foreign exchange student from China ‘forcefully’ abducted in Utah: police
Police are looking for a 17-year-old foreign exchange student who they believe was "forcefully taken" from the home he was sharing with his host fami [...]
Teenage foreign exchange student from China ‘forcefully’ abducted in Utah: police
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Police are looking for a 17-year-old foreign exchange student who they believe was "forcefully taken" from the home he w [...]
‘I’m Not a Student of Hitler,’ Trump Tells Radio Host
The former president continued to defend a remark about undocumented immigrants that has been widely condemned for echoing the words of the Nazi dict [...]
As Student Loan Collections Restart, Millions Are Not Yet Paying
After a pandemic freeze, 22 million people received their first bill in years in October — and around 60 percent paid, the government said.
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GOP Candidates Accused Student Protesters of ‘Siding With Hamas’
Asked how they would address antisemitism, Republicans promised punishments for college activists. Only Vivek Ramaswamy dissented, describing pro-Pale [...]