With a $10.8 billion proposed increase to the Department of Education and $2.7 billion allotted for FSA alone, the top Republican on the Budget Committee called the proposal "unserious" and a "road map for fiscal ruin."
Lawmakers in Maine are considering a new bill that would waive up to 50% of tuition expenses for up to four years for upcoming high school graduates in the state. The bill, LD 512, establishes two types of tuition waivers for students who enroll at a campus of the University of Maine System. The bill’s sponsor, Senator […]
New research from The Education Data Initiative shows the price of college tuition has increased by nearly $30,000 since four out of nine United States Supreme Court justices received their undergraduate degrees, Business Insider reports. Recently, the majority conservative court questioned whether President Joe Biden has the power to authorize the cancellation of up to $20,000 […]
The school's enrollment—and consequently, its revenue—has suffered from a dwindling pool of local high school students and a lack of interest among those graduates for a college education, according to the Board's letter.
The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week in a case that could impact more than 1.5 million people in Illinois with student debt. At issue is the legal standing of President Joe Biden’s loan forgiveness program, which would cancel up to $20,000 in debt for borrowers earning less than $125,000 […]
To curb the deepening student loan crisis, the Department of Education aims to impede the abuse of federal funding at for-profit colleges by forcing school leaders to assume personal liability for unpaid institutional debt.
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for the two conservative-backed lawsuits that blocked Biden’s plan to cancel up to $20,000 in student debt for federal borrowers. While the liberal justices drilled the lawyers representing the two cases on the standing they have to bring the lawsuit, the conservative justices appeared skeptical of Biden’s authority to cancel student […]
The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled Tuesday to hear two cases challenging the legality of President Joe Biden’s student loan debt forgiveness plan. In August, Biden proposed canceling up to $20,000 in debt for some borrowers, depending on their income, but an appellate court halted the relief program. In Georgia, the average borrower balance is […]
Young adults aren't as readily pulled toward a degree in higher education as they once were, and colleges need to stay on pace with them if they aren't looking to be left behind.
“Biden’s plan to cancel student debt hurts colleges that opt out of the federal loan program,” said Dr. Benjamin Merkle, president of New Saint Andrews College. The Idaho-based Christian liberal arts college declines to take federal student loan money. Concerning the upcoming Supreme Court hearing where Biden’s plan is being challenged, Dr. Merkle said Biden’s plan deserves to […]
