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Teacher Loan Forgiveness: How to Get Up to $17,500 of Your Student Debt Erased

If you’re a teacher with student loans, your student loan balance could get much lower after five years of work experience......»»

Category: topSource: foxnewsMay 16th, 2019

Student-loan borrowers just got 2 extra months to benefit from a temporary debt relief reform

Student-loan borrowers now have until June 30 to consolidate their loans and get the one-time account adjustments, moving closer to forgiveness. Getty ImagesThe Education Department extended the deadline for student-loan borrowers .....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMay 15th, 2024

Biden"s new student-loan forgiveness plan has already received over 24,000 comments. There are 2 weeks left to give the administration input.

The Education Department plans to begin implementing Biden's new student-debt cancellation plan this fall, and anyone can provide input on the relief. U.S. President Joe Biden.Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesThere are two weeks left.....»»

Category: worldSource: nytMay 3rd, 2024

Biden"s new student-loan forgiveness plan just began its 30-day public comment period — and anyone can tell the administration what they think of the relief

The draft text for Biden's new student-debt cancellation plan is out, and anyone in the public can provide input on what the relief shou.....»»

Category: smallbizSource: nytApr 17th, 2024

A California community college"s graduation gift: forgiving 2021 grads" student debt

Contra Costa Community College surprised its May 2021 graduates with full student-loan forgiveness, relieving more than 60 students of student debt. .....»»

Category: worldSource: nytMay 25th, 2021

: Biden administration to cancel $1 billion in student-loan debt held by scammed borrowers

Borrowers who requested loan forgiveness but got only partial relief under former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos will have their debts wiped away......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchMar 19th, 2021

Why student debt will keep rising despite loan-forgiveness programs lawmakers are proposing in Congress

Many stude.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMar 4th, 2021

A quarter of Americans support forgiving all federal student-loan debt

President Joe Biden has thrown his support behind $10,000 in student loan forgiveness. But a quarter of Americans want it all forgiven. Student-loan debt reached a national high of $1.5 trillion in 2019. Boston Globe/Getty Images Demo.....»»

Category: personnelSource: nytFeb 24th, 2021

Biden Slaps Down Move For $50K Student Debt Forgiveness: "I Will Not Make That Happen"

Biden Slaps Down Move For $50K Student Debt Forgiveness: "I Will Not Make That Happen" President Biden has appeared to give his 'final' and 'definitive' answer on student loan for.....»»

Category: personnelSource: nytFeb 17th, 2021

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted a step-by-step guide for asking members of Congress to support student loan forgiveness

The lawmaker encouraged her followers to share personal stories about how student loan debt has impacted them. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) attending a vote on January 9, 2020. Al.....»»

Category: worldSource: nytFeb 17th, 2021

AOC criticizes Biden"s opposition to $50,000 in student loan forgiveness, saying his argument "is looking shakier by the day"

"Entire generations of working class kids were encouraged to go into more debt under the guise of elitism," Ocasio-Cortez argued. "This .....»»

Category: dealsSource: nytFeb 17th, 2021

Trump’s bid to end Public Service Loan Forgiveness could mean ‘major life changes’ for some student-loan borrowers

The program wipes out student-loan debt for borrowers in certain nonprofit and public sector jobs......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchFeb 13th, 2020

Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness can help you shed your debt, but it can be tough to qualify

Hero Images/Getty Images Over .....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderNov 7th, 2019

Trump education official to resign, call for loan forgiveness

A senior student-loan official in the Trump administration said he would resign Thursday and endorse canceling most of the nation’s outstanding student debt, calling the student-loan system “fundamentally broken.”.....»»

Category: topSource: moneycentralOct 24th, 2019

Trump education official to resign, call for loan forgiveness

A senior student-loan official in the Trump administration said he would resign Thursday and endorse canceling most of the nation’s outstanding student debt, calling the student-loan system “fundamentally broken.”.....»»

Category: topSource: moneycentralOct 24th, 2019

NY Attorney General sues loan servicer, says it ‘failed miserably’ to process student-debt forgiveness applications

The new lawsuit adds to pressure against FedLoan’s 99% rejection rate of loan-forgiveness applications......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchOct 3rd, 2019

Education Department explains why only 1% of people who applied for public-loan forgiveness were accepted

The Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program is designed to wipe away student-loan debt for people who work in public-service jobs......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchSep 20th, 2019

Student Debt Repayment Is Completely Different for White and Black Americans

Some 44 million Americans share $1.5 trillion in student loan debt. The burdens and effects of this debt fall harder on people of color. Can student debt forgiveness help overcome the inequities?.....»»

Category: blogSource: 247wallstJul 29th, 2019

How much student-loan debt forgiveness would have a real impact? $10K per borrower, according to new analysis

A new analysis indicates that a relatively small amount of debt relief would affect a large group of borrowers......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchJul 24th, 2019

Lawsuit alleges ‘gross mismanagement’ of student-loan forgiveness by the Department of Education

This is the latest case to say borrowers are not getting the debt-relief they deserve......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchJul 11th, 2019

Jamie Dimon: America’s broken student-loan system is a ‘disgrace’

The JPMorgan Chase CEO stopped short of endorsing broad-scale debt forgiveness.....»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchJun 26th, 2019