Tag: U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren

Students

Lawmakers Introduce Legislation Cancelling Student Loan Debt

Up to $50,000 in student loan debt will be cancelled for 42 million Americans under a bill introduced Tuesday in the House of Representatives by South Carolina Democrat James E. Clyburn, the majority whip, and in the Senate by presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts. That provision alone in the Student Loan Debt Relief Act […]

July 23, 2019

HBCUs

Scholars Critique White House Higher Ed Policies, 2020 Candidates’ Proposals

Considering unease on many campuses regarding the Trump administration’s higher education policies – and proposals about college accessibility and affordability by presidential candidates who would like to win the White House next year — some academicians say the 2020 elections present significant opportunities to address urgent issues facing postsecondary learning.

July 15, 2019

News Roundup

Poll Shows Biden With Early Lead in 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary

A University of Massachusetts Amherst poll conducted the week after the 2018 Midterm Election shows former Vice President Joe Biden has a slight early lead of support over both senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary. The poll was conducted online from Nov. 7-14  and included 796 respondents, 750 of […]

November 30, 2018

African-American

Federal Policy Priorities Outlined at National Action Network Conference

Voting rights, health care, economic uplift and criminal justice reform are key legislative policy issues that the public should support as a new Congress is seated in January, according to speakers and panelists Tuesday on the opening day of a legislative and policy conference hosted by the National Action Network.

November 13, 2018

Native Americans

Still Separate, Still Unequal: American Indians and Election 2018

To be sure, the legacy of conquest meant that American Indians and enslaved Africans were often forced to live in close proximity to each other. This proximity resulted in a number of blended families and children of mixed racial heritage who were discriminated against in distinct and overlapping ways based not on their self-identity, but on social identity.

October 20, 2018

Students

Department of Education Scrapping Plan for Single Student Loan Servicer

The U.S. Department of Education announced late Tuesday that it was reversing course on its plan to award all federal student loans to a single student loan servicer and creating a new “environment” for how it operates.

August 1, 2017

Students

Elizabeth Warren to Accrediting Agencies: Step Up

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren said accrediting agencies should be more aggressive and work with the federal government to share information and determine if schools are cheating students.

February 1, 2017

Students

DeVos Calls for Higher Ed Reset at Factious Hearing

In a contentious Senate confirmation hearing in which Democrats cast her as unqualified to be secretary of education but Republicans and supporters portrayed her as a much-needed change agent.

January 18, 2017

Students

Students of American Career Institute to see $30M in Loans Forgiven

BOSTON — Students of the now-shuttered American Career Institute will have more than $30 million in federal student loans forgiven under a deal announced by Massachusetts’ attorney general. Attorney General Maura Healey asked the U.S. Department of Education to cancel the loan obligations after her office sued the for-profit school over fraud allegations and the […]

January 16, 2017

Students

Sen. Warren Troubled by Trump Pick for Education Secretary

BOSTON — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren says she’s troubled by the record of Donald Trump’s choice for education secretary. In a letter sent to Betsy DeVos on Monday, the Massachusetts Democrat said DeVos’ advocacy for school choice, charter schools and school voucher programs should raise alarm bells for supporters of public education. Warren pointed to […]

January 9, 2017