by LZ Granderson President Joe Biden is at it again with student loan forgiveness. Last summer, the Supreme Court ruled that he couldn’t use the HEROES Act — passed after 9/11, just as the Iraq War was escalating — to forgive federal student loan debt for roughly 20 million ...
by John M. Crisp Here’s how many Americans picture the average student borrower: His name is Brad. He matriculates at a university that charges tuition and fees far beyond his means; he majors in postmodernist literary theory or queer studies; Brad’s classes aren’t demanding ...
by Yvette Walker I suppose I shouldn’t have been surprised, but reader interest in my recent Public Service Loan Forgiveness column has been high. And why not? Many people either know someone who has a school loan, is a relative or guardian of a borrower, or owes student debt ...
by Alicia Kalka The national conversation on the value of a college degree is heating up. We hear it in the media outlets every week. There are more questions now about the value of a college degree than ever before, with most questions centering on the rising cost of pursuing a ...
by Claudia Sahm Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona recently confirmed that student loan repayments would begin again later in 2023, delivering what is likely to be a severe financial shock to borrowers who have not had to make payments for three years. This puts greater urgency on ...
by Harry Litman Oral arguments before the Supreme Court last Tuesday in a much-watched student loan forgiveness case, Biden v. Nebraska, pitted two of the conservative majority’s beloved legal doctrines against one another. The case for striking down President Joe Biden’s ...