Tag: Public Service Loan Forgiveness

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Higher Education Has Changed. The Law Must Change with It

The Higher Education Act (HEA), the law that helps students finance their postsecondary education, has not been reauthorized since 2008. A lot has changed in the last 11 years, including higher education, and the law that was passed in 2008 is no longer responsive to the challenges facing today’s students.

November 12, 2019

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Report Reveals Department of Education Ignored Warnings About Public Service Loan Forgiveness

A new report by the House Committee on Education and Labor shows that the Department of Education disregarded signs that Public Service Loan Forgiveness wasn’t being implemented properly. The report – “Broken Promises: How the Department of Education Failed Its Public Servants” – reveals internal audits in 2016 and 2017 that raised concerns about FedLoan, […]

October 12, 2019

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House Committee Hearing Probes Problems with the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program

Since the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program began in 2007, 99.6 percent of applications have been denied. In response, Congress passed the Temporary Expanded Public Service Loan Forgiveness to broaden the program in 2018. But the low acceptance rate held steady, according to a 2019 Government Accountability Office report.

September 19, 2019

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AFT Chief Sues DeVos Over Debt-Forgiveness Program

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has been sued by the American Federation of Teachers for allegedly preventing public employees from accessing a loan-forgiveness program to which they are entitled under federal law. In Weingarten v. DeVos, AFT president Randi Weingarten and seven other plaintiffs state that federal workers have been denied access to the […]

July 12, 2019

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Congress, Save Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Many services are facing deep cuts and/or being defunded altogether in the proposed education budget. However, I want to address one specific proposed cut: Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF).

May 24, 2017

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Low-income Students May Lose Out Under Proposed ‘Simplified’ Aid

Despite the appeal of a “simplified” version of the federal student aid system, efforts to move toward a single loan and grant program and a simpler version of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, some say it could actually make things worse for low-income students.

March 21, 2017