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The Supreme Court has declined to block a $6 billion student loan debt settlement involving for-profit schools and vocational institutions accused of misconduct. According to NBC News, not-for-profit Everglades University, as well as the for-profit institutions Lincoln Educational Services Corp. and American National University, challenged the settlement, which was approved by U.S. District Judge William Alsup in November, claiming Education Secretary […]
Another blow has been delivered to Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program. The Washington Post reports that a federal judge in Texas ruled in favor of the Job Creators Network Foundation, a conservative advocacy group that sued to stop Biden from fulfilling the plan. Two plaintiffs are behind the suit: one who has student loans […]
Joe Biden’s student debt relief plan has hit a legal roadblock. According to CNN, a federal appeals court temporarily blocked the program on Friday, as it reviews a challenge brought by six GOP-led states. More than a month after Biden announced the plan, Nebraska, Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, and South Carolina filed a lawsuit that claimed Biden […]
The Biden administration on Friday launched a beta version of its student loan forgiveness application process, allowing borrowers to sign up online before the official website is unveiled later this month. The application, which is available here, is the first step in Biden’s program to cancel student debt for tens of millions of Americans. “This testing […]
Several Republican states are taking legal action in response to the Biden administration’s recent announcement of a student loan debt relief plan. As reported in August, Biden announced that $10,000 in outstanding federal student loans (plus another $10,000 for those who qualified for Pell Grants) would be forgiven for those who make less than $125,000 […]
In the 24 hours since President Joe Biden announced a plan to forgive $10,000 in student loan debt for those earning less than $125,000 a year, a number of conservative legislators have spoken out against the initiative. In an appearance on Newsmax TV, Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said it was “completely unfair” for the government to say that a […]
Pharrell just changed five lives. The multi-hyphenate and his Something In the Water Festival have canceled the student debt of five young Black leaders. The generous move was announced Friday at the St. Regis hotel in Washington, D.C., where the NAACP was hosting a panel on the Black student debt crisis. The event was organized by Wisdom Cole, the organization’s […]
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