by Beth Holmes | Aug 23, 2021 | News, Student Issues
Debt relief is on the horizon for over 300,000 in student debt and on disability, according to an August 19, 2021, announcement by the Department of Education. The DoE announced that federally-backed student debt will be canceled, not reduced or adjusted but canceled,...
by Beth Holmes | Jun 21, 2021 | News, Other
While student debt looks to be one of the peak issues of the current political field, school debt also ought to be part of the conversation. More than 1,200 colleges, most of them privately owned, for-profit schools, owe money to the federal Department of Education....
by Beth Holmes | Apr 19, 2021 | News, Student Issues
On the afternoon of April 13, 2021, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren held a hearing on the topic of debt cancellation for student loans. “America is facing a student loan time bomb that, when it explodes, could throw millions of families over a financial cliff,”...
by Supporting Education | Apr 6, 2020 | News, Student Issues
Student loan debt has been a constant battlefield for the U.S. Department of Education under current Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. U.S. courts have had to sue her personally over contradicting their orders about pursuing debt from those defrauded by for-profit...
by Supporting Education | Aug 9, 2019 | News, Teacher Issues
The Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, created in 2007, was meant to help professionals struggling under mounting education costs. Ideally, someone with federal student loan debt who works for a qualifying employer for 10 years while paying down their debt would...
