Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 19, 2025

Department of Education, escalating tensions over what the union describes as an illegal and abrupt shutdown of student loan relief programs that has left millions of borrowers facing higher payments amid economic uncertainty. Many borrowers have reported sudden increases in their monthly payment amounts.

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NCLC Student Loan Borrower Assistance

AUGUST 9, 2022

The Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program offers to cancel certain types of federal student loans for people who spend 10 years working in public service jobs and meet the program requirements. Borrowers can get the form online, from loan servicer MOHELA, or using the PSLF Help Tool.

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Student Loan Hero

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Student loan forgiveness can wipe out part or all of your student loan debt. The big news on the student loan forgiveness front is that the federal government plans to forgive up to $10,000 in federally held student debt, or up to $20,000 if you previously received a Pell Grant. ( See more below ).

Student loans

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 18, 2024

billion in student debt cancellation for over 60,000 borrowers under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. This latest relief brings the total number of public service workers who have had their student loans forgiven under the Biden-Harris administration to over 1 million.

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