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Department of Education Resumes Federal Student Loan Collections After Four-Year Pause

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Department of Education announced this week that its Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) will resume collections on defaulted federal student loans beginning Monday, May 5, 2025, ending a pause that has been in effect since March 2020. million borrowers owing more than $1.6 The book is scheduled to be released in September 2025.

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Chaos and Confusion: The State of Student Loans

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Chaos: the word experts chose time and again to describe the current state of student debt relief efforts and loan repayment. Since President Biden’s first attempt to clean the slate for millions of student borrowers was struck down by the U.S. The debt burden is not distributed equally among students.

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When We Defund Education, We Defund Teacher Diversity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Despite ongoing disinvestment, educators remain steadfast in their battlenot only for schools but also for students, families, and the conviction that education fuels a just society. However, that progress was halted when a higher court lifted the Temporary Restraining Order (TRO), allowing the administration to pause funding once again.

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Administrative Forbearance for Student Loans

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Federal student loan borrowers have access to a new income-driven repayment plan, the SAVE plan. Instead of billing borrowers an incorrect amount, servicers tend to use an administrative forbearance instead. Unfortunately, servicers have had enormous problems calculating what payments should be under that plan.

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Student Loans Relief Until May 2022

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College students get Federal student loan relief until May 2022. The current administration extended a student loan moratorium that has allowed families to put off debt payments during the pandemic. Payments on Federal student loans will be paused through May 1, 2022.

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Federal Student Aid Reaches Settlement on Student Aid Eligibility Violations

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It relates to violations of the “ability-to-benefit” test regulations that govern eligibility to receive federal student aid for students without a high school diploma or GED equivalent. A 2023 ED investigation found that Florida Career College routinely broke the rules governing how schools can administer ATB tests.

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Community College of Vermont and Hospital Pay Students to Take Classes

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Facing a national shortage of early childhood educators , the Community College of Vermont (CCV) and the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) have teamed up for an innovative solution: paying students to reduce their hours at their jobs in favor of taking more classes. CCV and SVMC anticipate funding 8-10 applicants.