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Report Gauges Support for Student Loan Forgiveness Across Political Lines

by Jessica Ruf | April 2, 2020 The combination of a coronavirus-halted economy, an upcoming election and an ever-mounting stud Read more

Higher Ed Groups: $14 Billion for Colleges, Universities in Stimulus Package Insufficient

by Shailaja Neelakantan | March 26, 2020
Higher education groups aren’t happy with the $14 billion earmarked for colleges and universi [...] Read more

Senate Democrats Propose Cancelling $10,000 in Debt for All Federal Student Borrowers Amid Coronavirus Crisis

by Shailaja Neelakantan | March 19, 2020
Senate Democrats on Thursday called for “a minimum” of $10,000 in student loan relief for a [...] Read more

Education Department Upgrades Website to Better Explain Student Loan Information

by Jessica Ruf | February 25, 2020
The U.S. Education Department has upgraded its student aid website, studentaid.gov, with severa [...] Read more

Warren Aims to End Student Debt, If Elected

by Sarah Wood | January 15, 2020
If elected president, Senator Elizabeth Warren plans to forgive existing student loan debt on h [...] Read more

Survey Reveals How Far Americans Would Go To Erase Their Student Debt

by Jessica Ruf | January 14, 2020
With the levels of student debt on the rise, LendEDU recently conducted a survey to see just ho [...] Read more

Education Trust Addresses Black Student Debt Crisis at D.C. Briefing

by Sarah Wood | September 26, 2019
There is a debt crisis among African-American students on college and university campuses. Acco [...] Read more

Lawmakers Introduce Legislation Cancelling Student Loan Debt

| July 23, 2019
Up to $50,000 in student loan debt will be cancelled for 42 million Americans under a bill intr [...] Read more

The Wind is at My Back

by Norm Jones | May 22, 2019
As a Morehouse College alumnus, I have been intrigued by the varied reactions to Robert Smith� [...] Read more

WUSTL School of Medicine Pledges $100M in Scholarship Funding

by Monica Levitan | April 17, 2019
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has pledged to provide $100 million in sc [...] Read more

Schatz, Pocan Reintroduce Debt-Free College Act

by Monica Levitan | March 7, 2019
With the support of more than 30 Congressional co-sponsors, Sen. Brian Schatz, D-HI, and Rep. M [...] Read more

34 Howard Students’ Debt Covered by Alexandria, VA Church

by Monica Levitan | February 11, 2019
Thanks to a recent donation from Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia, 34 Howar [...] Read more

Settlement with For-Profit Will Omit Collecting Millions in Student Debt

by Monica Levitan | January 11, 2019
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller recently announced that under a new nationwide settlement with [...] Read more

Senators Seek Feedback to Help Student Borrowers of Color

by Monica Levitan | January 3, 2019
Sen. Doug Jones D-Ala. along with Senators Catherine Cortez-Masto D-N.M., Kamala Harris D-Calif [...] Read more

Equity Considerations for Policymakers & Researchers

by Tiffany Jones and LaToya Owens | November 11, 2018
With the face of higher education changing rapidly, colleges and universities are under increas [...] Read more

Three More Big Diversity-related Questions resulting from COVID-19

Part II: Three More Big Diversity-related Questions resulting from COVID-19