Inside Higher Ed Susan H. Greenberg January 17, 2024 More than two-thirds of Americans believe the Supreme Court’s June 2023 decision banning the use of affirmative action in college admissions is “mostly a good thing,” according to a new Gallup Center on Black Voices survey. By contrast, 32 percent of U.S. adults described the ruling as […]
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Fox Business Breck Dumas January 16, 2024 Borrowers ‘boycotting’ repayment aim to pressure government to cancel their debts Millions of borrowers with existing student loans still have not made a payment since the bills resumed in October after a three-year hiatus, and some admit they are refusing to pay out of protest. In an Intelligent.com survey conducted this […]
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NASFAA Maria Carrasco January 17, 2024 Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, criticized the Department of Education (ED) in a letter on Friday for its “botched” rollout of the 2024-25 FAFSA. Cassidy voiced his concerns about the impact the rocky FAFSA rollout will have on low-income students, […]
Read MoreNASFAA Maria Carrasco January 16, 2024 The Department of Education (ED) on Friday announced that starting in February, eligible borrowers enrolled in the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) repayment plan will have their federal student loan debt forgiven as part of an early implementation of a SAVE plan provision. The borrowers eligible for this student loan […]
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