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Update on Lawsuits Challenging the SAVE Plan and Options for Borrowers

NCLC Student Loan Borrower Assistance

Department of Educations efforts to reduce student loan burdens through the new SAVE repayment plan. As a result, borrowers options to manage their loans have changed repeatedly and often quite suddenly. This has been frustrating and confusing for people trying to manage their loans.

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Strategic Revival, The Numbers Behind Dr. David Thomas’s Morehouse College Success Story

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Smith announced during the 2019 commencement ceremony for Morehouse that he would pay off the student loans for the graduating class. Some students and faculty criticized the decision because of Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. One of the most notable is when billionaire tech entrepreneur Robert F.

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Council for Opportunity in Education Condemns President Trump’s Proposal to Eliminate Federal TRIO Programs 

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Hamm President Trumps newly released 2026 budget proposes the complete elimination of the Federal TRIO Programs, which have helped millions of low-income, first-generation students – including veterans, adult learners, and students with disabilities – succeed in higher education for over 60 years. WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Collection of Defaulted Student Loans to Begin Soon: What Borrowers Need to Know Now

NCLC Student Loan Borrower Assistance

This week, the Department of Education announced that it plans to begin forced collection on federal student loans that are in default as soon as May 5, 2025. million people have federal student loans in default, and another 4 million are at risk of defaulting later this year. As of now, 5.3

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House Bill Would Overhaul Federal Student Aid

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Title III of the legislation contains the Committee on Education and Workforce’s proposed changes to the Department of Education’s (ED) student aid programs, including Pell Grants, student loans, and the aid eligibility formula. 1 was designed to rectify the government’s convoluted student loan system and save $351 billion.

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More Than 10,000 TRIO Alumni Urge Congress to Protect Federal TRIO Programs

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The Trump Administrations claim that access is no longer an obstacle for low-income students is flatly contradicted by data and by the lived experience of more than 6 million TRIO alumni. More Than 10,000 TRIO Alumni Urge Congress to Protect Federal TRIO Programs June 3, 2025 by Terrance L.

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TRIO in the News, Summer 2025

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Hamm The Trump administration’s fiscal 2026 “skinny” budget proposes eliminating all $1.2 billion in federal TRIO funding—citing concerns over performance measures and accountability—even as TRIO programs currently serve roughly 870,000 low-income, first-generation, and disabled students nationwide (about 17,500 in Colorado).