NASFAA Hugh T. Ferguson January 19, 2024 A pair of top House Republicans are calling on the Department of Education (ED) to provide cost estimates and promised regulatory text from the recent negotiated rulemaking committee on student debt relief, with the lawmakers expressing concern over the administration’s efforts to implement loan forgiveness without congressional approval. […]
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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 […]
Read MoreNASFAA 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, […]
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