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DOE wants to modernize the student loan program but mucks up the planning process

DOE wants to modernize the student loan program but mucks up the planning process

Like a repentant boozer who promises to give up drinking, the Department of Education pledged to modernize its neanderthal student loan program. Unfortunately, like a chronic drunk, DOE simply can’t clean up its act. DOE’s own Inspector General audited the Department’s modernization efforts and issued a report last week.  The audit concluded that DOE bungled its modernization …

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Department of Education Cares So Much About Forgiving Your Student Loan Debt That They Will Start to Garnish Grandma Again

In response to the COVID pandemic, the Department of Education stopped garnishing the Social Security checks of elderly student-loan defaulters in March 2020. However, DOE will return to that practice soon–probably by midsummer 2023. In an article posted on MSN.com, Vance Cariaga estimated that garnishment of Social Security checks will cost senior student-loan defaulters, on average, about …

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Taxpayers Lose-Lose with Federal Student Loan Future. All Options Really Suck.

Last August, President Biden announced his plan to forgive between $10,000 and $20,000 in student debt to individuals who make less than $125,000 a year. He also extended the pause on making student loan payments until at least midsummer. Who could object? Turns out, a lot of folks objected. The NAACP didn’t think Biden’s plan was generous …

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Majority of For Profit College Students Sadly Waking Up to Realize They F’d Up

Majority of For Profit College Students Realizing They F’d Up

“If they gave gold statuettes for tears and regrets,” Ronnie Milsap sang in a classic country song, “I’d be a legend in my time.” Most of us have a few regrets, but no one should regret their college choice. Yet a recent Federal Reserve  Board report shows that many Americans wish they had studied at a different …

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The Supreme Court Will Soon Murder Biden’s Student-Loan Forgiveness Plan

Forty million student debtors are waiting anxiously for President Biden’s loan forgiveness plan to kick in. Biden wants to knock off $10,000 from everyone’s student loans who makes less than $125,000 a year. That won’t mean much to people whose loans are in six figures, but it will mean a great deal to people with …

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DOE and DOJ Issue Guidelines for Dealing with Student Debtors in Bankruptcy: Blah, Blah, Blah

On November 17, the U.S. Department of Education and the Department of Justice issued a 15-page document titled “Guidelines For Department Attorneys Regarding Student Loan Bankruptcy Litigation.” According to the memo, these guidelines aim “to enhance consistency and equity in the handling of [student-loan] bankruptcy cases.” These guidelines are bullshit and won’t do anything to …

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President Biden Is Under Pressure to Extend Pause on Student-Loan Payments. What Will That Cost?

Federal student-loan borrowers are disappointed by federal court decisions that have stopped President Biden’s student-loan forgiveness scheme. Advocacy groups are arguing that Biden should extend the pause on student-loan repayments until after the legal challenges to his loan-forgiveness plan are resolved. College borrowers are currently expected to resume monthly loan payments in January 2023. By that time, …

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Court Blocks Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness. This is What Purgatory Looks Like.

Purgatory

President Joe Biden made a campaign pledge to forgive $10,000 in federal student loans. In August 2022, Biden announced that he would fulfill that pledge and offer $10,000 in student-loan forgiveness to anyone whose income is less than $125,000. People who received Pell grants while in college are eligible for $20,000 in student-debt relief. Biden’s Department of Education immediately …

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Are Foreign Medical Schools Educational Malpractice?

Do Foreign Medical Schools Kill Your Finances?

Last spring, the Federal Trade Commission settled its case against St. James School of Medicine, a foreign medical school operating from two Caribbean campuses. According to the FTC, the school lied to students “about their chances of success–both in passing a medical school standardized test, and in matching with a residency program after graduating.” The FTC accused …

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Small Colleges Are Like Condemned Death Row Prisoners

Cabrini University, a small Catholic school near Philadelphia, is eliminating its Provost position as part of a plan to cut costs and balance its budget. It will also eliminate two associate provost positions and shrink the number of department chairs from 18 to eight. “We continue to lose money every year,” Helen Drinan, Cabrini’s interim president, explained. …

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