Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 22, 2023

Just ahead of the return of student loans, borrowers can now apply for the Biden administration’s new plan to reduce monthly payments, the Department of Education (ED) announced Tuesday. The Saving on a Valuable Education plan (SAVE) is being touted by the administration as “the most affordable repayment plan in history.”

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Student Loan Hero

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The application involves essays and reference letters, both of which can be written in English or Spanish. Students must have already completed one full year of undergraduate study. Tips to make your scholarship application stand out. Submitting an incomplete application is a recipe for disaster. Deadline: April 1, 2023.

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College Planners of America

JANUARY 8, 2024

The following scams are common and criminals are continuously creating new ones: Fake listings: These scams for apartments, used books, movers, and other services, start with an ad, usually at the beginning of a semester, that offers things that students need quickly — at an attractively low price. Consolidate multiple Federal student loans.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

President Joe Biden "Millions of borrowers are already benefitting from enrollment in the SAVE plan, and I'm thrilled to see so many Americans submitting applications every day so that they, too, can take advantage of the most affordable student loan repayment plan in history," said U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

A Texas district judge ’s decision to str ike down the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness plan Thursday is a significant blow to the future of the program, according to experts. Department of Education pulled down the online application for forgiveness. In response to the ruling, the U.S.

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AUGUST 23, 2023

On Tuesday, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that it has fully launched the updated income-driven repayment application. Student loan borrowers can now officially enroll in the Saving on A Valuable Education (SAVE) plan, which the Administration touts as “the most affordable repayment plan ever created.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The Biden Administration has won praise for its application for student loan forgiveness. The federal government does not keep statistics on how many student borrowers are in jails and prisons , but experts estimate that the number is a s high as 2 5 0,000. B ut t here are still barriers to access.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Last week, ED announced $50 million in funding for personnel and resources, including technical assistance and support, deployed to support institutions, students and their families with Better FAFSA®. The goal is for this to be transformational for hundreds of thousands of additional students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

The Biden-Harris Administration released its first set of draft rules that propose to provide student debt relief for tens of millions of borrowers across the country. Student loan forgiveness isn't only about relief for today's borrowers,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 27, 2023

About 43 million people are expected to resume or start repayments of their student loans. The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) has issued its final report and a toolkit for financial aid professionals across the nation in anticipation of the resumption of federal student loan repayments.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2023

The NCAN started with the number of high school graduates who did not fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), which was roughly 1.65 The report attributes this change primarily to increases in the value of Pell Grant awards under the Biden administration. This year’s $3.58 billion unclaimed.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 22, 2023

The Debt Collective have called on the Biden administration to cancel all student debt. Our nation is defaulting on the promise of education when we burden communities, especially Black HBCU graduates, with crushing amounts of student debt,” said Braxton Brewington, a spokesperson for the Debt Collective.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Perhaps the most significant public policy moment for colleges and universities this year was the failure of President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better (BBB) legislation, after the administration and West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin could not at arrive at a deal. million borrowers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 8, 2023

CCST had sued to forestall regulations that would have relaxed deadlines for students to file claims, expanded the applicable types of misconduct by colleges to include aggressive and deceptive recruitment practices, and ensured that borrowers received timely decisions. The Department of Education vowed to continue fighting.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that nearly 153,000 borrowers enrolled in the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan are getting their loans canceled thanks to early implementation of the shortened time to forgiveness component of the new repayment plan. When can I qualify for loan cancellation under the SAVE Plan?

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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 ).

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#RealCollege Blog

MAY 12, 2022

The Biden Administration is also looking at limiting this debt relief to those earning less than $125,000 per year. In practice, an income cap would require the federal government to set up a paperwork trap that could deny relief to the student loan borrowers who most urgently need the help.

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COE

APRIL 12, 2023

In late 2020, the federal government passed sweeping changes to the Federal Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to simplify the application process. These changes  were intended to increase the number of students applying for aid and reduce the number of incomplete applications.  

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, which cancels $10,000 of debt for borrowers earning under $125,000 and offers $20,000 of relief to Pell Grant recipients, is scheduled to come before the U.S. Secretary of Education the power to “modify” and to “compromise, waive, or release” claims against students.

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COE

DECEMBER 20, 2022

We are happy that the agreement directs the Department of Education “to provide increases to current TRIO grantees demonstrating substantial progress in meeting performance objectives and, to the extent practicable, to fund down the slates of unfunded, high-quality applications from prior-year competitions.” billion total).

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NCLC Student Loan Borrower Assistance

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Good news: The online application for the Biden Administration’s student debt cancellation is now officially open! . And the application is fast and easy–you don’t need to submit any documents or even log-in to your StudentAid.gov account. The application is available in both English and Spanish.

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NCLC Student Loan Borrower Assistance

AUGUST 26, 2022

On August 24 2022, President Biden announced that he would cancel $10,000 of federal student loan debt for all borrowers who make less than $125,000 (for individuals) or less than $250,000 (for married couples or heads of households) and $20,000 for borrowers who received a Pell grant when in college and fall under those income thresholds.

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College Planners of America

JANUARY 10, 2023

Student loan balances have spiked in the last few years. To reduce this burden, President Biden announced the Student Loan Forgiveness Plan (the Plan) in August 2022. It forgives $10,000 of student debt for borrowers earning less than $125,000 per year, and up to $20,000 for former Pell Grant recipients.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Undersecretary of education James Kvaal at the Education Writers Association Higher Education Seminar Much of the discussion focused on the Department of Education’s (ED) reactions to what moderator Adolfo Guzman-Lopez of LAist called the “two punches” of Supreme Court decisions on affirmative action and student debt relief.

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NCLC Student Loan Borrower Assistance

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Over 26 million Americans have either applied for student debt cancellation or received notice that they will be approved for cancellation if they do not opt out since the application opened in mid-October. In summary: Two cases challenging student debt cancellation have been thrown out entirely by the courts.

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Student Loan Hero

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The student loan landscape has changed dramatically, thanks to the government’s August announcement of up to $20,000 in loan forgiveness. Specifically, those who received a Pell grant during college can qualify to have up to $20,000 of their current federal student loan balance canceled. Note: As of Nov.

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College Planners of America

APRIL 15, 2024

On April 8, President Biden released the details of his new student loan debt forgiveness plan. The loan cancellations will occur automatically without requiring borrowers to submit an application. The majority of Americans with Federally-held student loans will qualify for some level of forgiveness under the new plan.

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College Planners of America

OCTOBER 19, 2022

In August, President Biden announced the Federal Student Loan Forgiveness Plan (the Plan), which will cancel 20% of the outstanding Federal student loan debt of $1.5 In previous posts, we covered eligibility for loan forgiveness, the process for applying for forgiveness, and its impact on taxes.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 24, 2022

A federal appeals court issued an administrative stay which temporarily blocks President Joe Biden’s federal student loan forgiveness program. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said borrowers should continue applying, saying the court’s order did not prevent applications nor the review of applications.

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College Planners of America

MARCH 12, 2024

Since 2021, the Biden administration has forgiven $138 billion in student loans for 3.9 The Administration announced on February 21 that another category of borrowers would have their loans forgiven by the end of the month. million borrowers.

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College Planners of America

JULY 10, 2023

President Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan, as announced last August, was set to cancel $10,000 in Federal student debt for those making less than $125,000 or households with less than $250,000 in income per year. Pell Grant recipients would have gotten an additional $10,000 of debt forgiven. Roberts Jr.,

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College Planners of America

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Education Department (ED) is no longer accepting applications for its student debt forgiveness plan (the Plan) after a Texas judge halted its rollout in a November 10th ruling. Studentaid.gov, the ED’s website for student aid programs, announced the following : “Courts have issued orders blocking our student debt relief program.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Efforts by the Biden administration to pass a rule on student loan forgiveness was a major story from 2023 that will again be front and center in the new year. Access, affordability, and free speech will continue to make headlines in higher education. That rule will likely, immediately get challenged in court,” says Kelchen.

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College Planners of America

APRIL 24, 2024

Because students are motivated to submit the form soon after it becomes available, the majority of completed FAFSA’s are submitted and processed in October and November, so colleges have ISIR’s for many students even before they receive applications from them. This was not budgeted or scheduled.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The ruling still allows for race to be included in college applications, so long as discussion of race is concretely tied to an applicant’s character or unique ability. On June 30, the Supreme Court struck down the measure, which was based on the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students (HEROES) Act of 2003.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2024

Student debt Dr. Robert Kelchen Democrats are likely to make the student loan debt relief issue a major campaign talking point. They’ll argue that the Biden administration tried but was unsuccessful, thanks to Republican opposition and a conservative U.S. billion in loans for more than 3.7

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