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'This is a life changer': Teachers and others celebrate public service student loan forgiveness

Weeks before student loan payments are set to resume after being suspended during the pandemic, 30,000 people are seeing loan forgiveness become a reality. The Biden administration’s changes to the …

Sat Nov 20, 2021

Biden administration overhauls broken Public Service Loan Forgiveness program

The Public Service Loan Forgiveness program seemed like a great idea, if we’re going to have a society in which huge numbers of people are saddled with huge amounts of student debt. Unfortunately, the …

Thu Oct 7, 2021

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona ends policy blocking undocumented students from emergency funds

The Biden administration has reversed guidance by the prior administration that barred Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients and other undocumented students from pandemic relief. …

Tue May 11, 2021