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Community College: The Right Path and the Right Foot

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

According to the Community College Research Center, “ the cumulative amount owed after 12 years is an estimated $10,300 per student who started at public two-year college in 2003-04 (for all entrants, not just borrowers). Higher debt makes sense for some students but not for all. I am not alone.

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Young, Brilliant, and Ready: Preparing Black Males for Postsecondary Opportunities and Transitions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Acclimate collegiate Black males to the campus career center for employment, internship, and skill development opportunities.

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Fight Over Student Debt Cancellation Hits Supreme Court

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

After months of uncertainty for borrowers, the Biden administration’s student loan debt cancellation program, which offers $10,000 of relief to those making up to $125,000 and $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients, came before the Supreme Court on Tuesday, in oral arguments that stretched for over an hour past their scheduled time.

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College Grants and Scholarships for Women in 2023

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In her honor, the Patsy Takemoto Mink Foundation was launched in 2003. Graduate students. Paying off student loans. These scholarships can help reduce your costs and prevent you from borrowing more federal or private student loans than necessary. House of Representatives. Adults returning to college.

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Biden’s New Plan for Student Loan Forgiveness

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President Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan, as announced last August, was set to cancel $10,000 in Federal student debt for those making less than $125,000 or households with less than $250,000 in income per year. The ED seeks to ease borrowers back into repayment of their student loans after the long hiatus.

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The Biden Administration Used the Pandemic to Justify Loan Forgiveness. Some Say It Didn’t Need To.

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, which cancels $10,000 of debt for borrowers earning under $125,000 and offers $20,000 of relief to Pell Grant recipients, is scheduled to come before the U.S. Supreme Court later this month. I have a hard time seeing how a challenge like that would work.” But Hunt was more cynical.

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Thirty Million Borrowers Set for Debt Relief

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On April 8, President Biden released the details of his new student loan debt forgiveness plan. Borrowers who owe more than they did when repayments began : Millions of borrowers across the country owe more than they did when they started paying back their loans because of accrued and capitalized interest.