Believe in Students

OCTOBER 31, 2023

I paid for college at my dream school (a small liberal arts college) through student loans, financial aid grants, a tiny amount from family, work-study jobs, and a scholarship or two, desperately patched together to make everything add up so I could afford to keep going to school year after year. I didn’t know of one.

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Student Loan Hero

OCTOBER 31, 2022

It provides $10,000 in financial aid to students attending a TMCF-member school. Undergraduate students must have at least a 3.0 It provides up to $100,000 in scholarship awards per student. Eligible full-time students in the U.S. Applications become available in the fall. MPower Financing.

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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®. Our concierge service is up and running, and we’re getting ready to deploy financial aid experts to support colleges.”

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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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College Aid Services

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than 4 Million Student Loan Borrowers Are Enrolled in the New SAVE Plan Press Release: SEPTEMBER 5, 2023 | Contact: Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov The U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2023

The report attributes this change primarily to increases in the value of Pell Grant awards under the Biden administration. The class of 2022 was much more likely to be attending school in person where they were better connected to support, to school counselors, to financial aid nights, and FAFSA completion events,” he said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

After months of uncertainty for borrowers, the Biden administration’s student loan debt cancellation program, which offers $10,000 of relief to those making up to $125,000 and $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients, came before the Supreme Court on Tuesday, in oral arguments that stretched for over an hour past their scheduled time.

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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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Scholly

JUNE 9, 2022

How bad is the student loan debt crisis? trillion in outstanding student loan debt! How does it affect student loan borrowers? And what other student loan debt statistics and facts should you know in 2022? Who is borrowing the most student loans to pay for college.

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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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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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COE

APRIL 12, 2023

Calculated utilizing information from the FAFSA form, the Student Aid Index (SAI) replaces the Expected Family Contribution (EFC).  Additionally, incarcerated students will regain eligibility for the Pell Grant.  COE will continue to follow up on the status of the Better FAFSA and encourages TRIO programs to stay informed. 

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Jon Fansmith Fansmith is hopeful that Biden will discuss federal financial aid, particularly the possibility of doubling the Pell Grant. He also says he believes Biden will bring up the student loan forgiveness program, now before the U.S. Dr. Kenneth K. Jon Edelman can be reached at JEdelman@DiverseEducation.com.

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College Aid Services

APRIL 13, 2024

billion for 277,000 student loan borrowers. million Americans by the Biden-Harris Administration. Who is impacted by this latest round of loan forgiveness? Billion in Loan Forgiveness The post An Additional 277,000 Americans to Receive $7.4 Billion in Loan Forgiveness first appeared on College Aid Services.

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EAB

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Financial This grouping refers to how students pay for college and its associated cost. As might be expected, these conversations centered on longstanding concerns around tuition and financial aid, but often expanded into conversations around supporting the holistic needs of students, especially working students.

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EAB

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Financial This grouping refers to how students pay for college and its associated cost. As might be expected, these conversations centered on longstanding concerns around tuition and financial aid, but often expanded into conversations around supporting the holistic needs of students, especially working students.

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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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NACAC's Admitted

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The Biden administration recently announced the reconstitution of an office designed to safeguard taxpayer-funded student aid dollars and protect students from predatory colleges. Often, students are left worse off than before they enrolled.

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NACAC's Admitted

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The Biden administration recently announced the reconstitution of an office designed to safeguard taxpayer-funded student aid dollars and protect students from predatory colleges. Often, students are left worse off than before they enrolled.

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College Aid Services

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The White House approves another round of student loan debt relief for 80,300 borrowers after enacting significant changes to the income-driven repayment (IDR) forgiveness and Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) programs. Read the U.S. Department of Education’s full announcement below.

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College Planners of America

JUNE 12, 2023

For many, this disrupted their ability to repay their Federal student loans, so repayments were suspended in March 2020. It was already set to end 60 days after June 30 or 60 days after the Supreme Court issued a decision on the legality of Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, whichever occurred first.

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The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 25, 2022

Although he returned to the private sector after his tenure in the Obama Administration, Secretary Duncan generously shared his views on the need for institutions to support student success, the need for government to encourage institutions in this effort, and the urgency for moving ahead with these initiatives. Secretary of Education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 30, 2023

Supreme Court dashed the hopes of 40 million student borrowers Friday, striking down President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program. The tone of the opinion and the reasoning suggest that the conservative supermajority would oppose an administration effort to do the same thing relying on a different law,” he said. “I

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Scholly

APRIL 12, 2022

The student loan debt crisis has been out of control for a long time. So, if you are one of the 42 million Americans who have student loan debt, you’re understandably watching what President Biden is doing to address this issue. . Should you keep making payments on your student loans? .

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

Foxx is a former college administrator and had previously introduced several pieces of higher ed legislation, including a reauthorization of the Higher Education Act in 2017. Instead, Hartle thought, the focus would be on conducting hard-nosed investigative hearings in an attempt to embarrass the Biden administration.

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College Planners of America

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Among other things, the suit alleges that the Biden administration disregarded Federal procedures by denying the public the opportunity to comment prior to rolling out the Plan. ” A public comment period is not required under the legal authority that the administration cited for its action — the Heroes Act of 2003.

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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. Flores’ current research includes a financial aid experiment that practices culturally attentive dissemination practices for financial aid scholarships.

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College Planners of America

APRIL 24, 2024

Award Letters are usually sent out in late March or early April, giving students adequate time prior to college enrollment deadlines to choose which school to attend from among those that admitted them. A student’s choice of a college often depends heavily on the amount of financial aid that he or she will receive.

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