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Tag: Elizabeth Warren
COVID-19
Democratic Senators Criticize DeVos For Excluding DACA Students From COVID-19 Aid
More than two dozen Democratic Senators on Monday criticized Education Secretary Betsy Devos’ decision to exclude undocumented college students from the coronavirus aid provided under the CARES Act. “This decision unnecessarily harms students in need, and contradicts clear Congressional intent and the plain language of the CARES Act,” said the 28 Democratic Senators in a […]
April 28, 2020
COVID-19
Amid Pandemic, For-Profit Colleges Look to Increase Enrollments
As the coronavirus has shut college campuses and forced them to provide online instruction, several of the country’s largest for-profit colleges are looking to boost enrollments and targeting unemployed workers who may be thinking of going back to school, reported the Associated Press. Many of these for-profits have increased advertising and are offering discounts for […]
April 21, 2020
COVID-19
Democratic Senators Say For-Profit Colleges Shouldn’t Get Further Stimulus Aid
Democratic Senators Dick Durbin and Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday called on Senate leaders to ensure that for profit-colleges do not receive any more coronavirus stimulus aid in further rounds of relief legislation, reported Politico. Last month, Congress allotted more than $1 billion to for-profit colleges as part of a $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package, reported […]
April 21, 2020
COVID-19
Democratic Senators Urge Companies to Provide Relief For Private Student Borrowers
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and 13 other Democratic Senators on Tuesday urged student loan companies to relax repayments for private student borrowers left out of the $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package. The stimulus package allows the suspension of federal student loan repayments for six months, until the end of September. The Democratic Senators urged student […]
April 7, 2020
COVID-19
Officials and Advocates Seek to Halt Title IX Rule Changes Amid COVID-19 Disruptions
Three Senators joined 18 state attorneys general and a leading academic association to urge the Department of Education and the Office of Management and Budget to suspend changes to Title IX rules on dating violence, domestic abuse and stalking. Citing the closures of schools and colleges around the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic and […]
April 6, 2020
Students
Senate Democrats Propose Cancelling $10,000 in Debt for All Federal Student Borrowers Amid Coronavirus Crisis
Senate Democrats on Thursday called for “a minimum” of $10,000 in student loan relief for all federal student loan borrowers due to the widespread uncertainty caused by the spread of the coronavirus.
March 19, 2020
Community Colleges
Free College for Whom? The Emergent Barriers of Free Public College Policies
After decades of mounting student debt and rising tuition costs that accelerate at a pace that far exceeds that of the average national salary, some among a crowded Democratic primary field are heralding free college as the progressive change this country needs to empower the 99 percent.
October 14, 2019
HBCUs
2020 Presidential Candidates to Attend, Speak at Criminal Justice Forum
The Second Step Presidential Justice Forum will be hosted by the 20/20 Bipartisan Justice Center Oct. 25-27 on the campus of Benedict College, a historically Black college in Columbia, South Carolina. Previously, the forum, which is focused on criminal justice reform, was held on nearby Allen University’s campus. The forum is open to all 2020 […]
September 11, 2019
Students
Warren Unveils College Debt Forgiveness Plan
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Democrat Elizabeth Warren is proposing the elimination of existing student loan debt for millions of Americans, part of a sweeping set of education funding proposals announced as she and other presidential candidates seek to differentiate themselves in a sprawling field. The Massachusetts senator says the proposal unveiled Monday would eliminate almost all […]
April 22, 2019
Latest News
USSA President Pushes a Progressive Agenda
The United States Student Association (USSA) has been at the forefront of addressing the many challenges facing higher education.
February 25, 2018
Students
Senators Seek Probe of Student Loan Servicer Stock Trading
Two Democratic Senators called for an investigation into possible insider trading of student loan servicer Navient stock Monday.
October 23, 2017
Students
Organizations Call for DeVos to Halt Student Loan Policy Changes
The regulatory changes being pursued by U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos in the student loan arena could “spell disaster for students of color who are too often exploited in consumer lending,” a group of 39 organizations said in a letter to DeVos.
September 19, 2017
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