The Education Trust Calls the Supreme Court’s Student Debt Relief Ruling a Setback to Economic and Racial Justice
June 30, 2023 by EdTrust Contact: Ameshia Cross across@edtrust.org 312-339-6930 The Education Trust Calls the Supreme Court’s Student Debt Relief Ruling a Setback to Economic and Racial Justice WASHINGTON — Today, the Supreme Court ignored…
Student Advocates in Texas Play a Major Role in Passing of Community College Finance Law
June 26, 2023 by Hope Barrón In Texas, a new law has passed that will change the game for community college students in the Lone Star State. The bi-partisan passage of House Bill 8 (HB8), authored…
Parent PLUS Loans Are a Double-Edged Sword for Black Borrowers
June 07, 2023 by Approximately 43 million Americans collectively owe $1.5 trillion in federal student loan debt, but students aren’t the only ones…
Ed Trust Is Disappointed by the Senate’s Actions to Dismantle the Biden Administration’s Student Debt Relief Plan
June 01, 2023 by EdTrust FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 1, 2023 CONTACT: media@edtrust.org 202-731-9582 Ed Trust Is Disappointed by the Senate’s Actions to Dismantle the Biden Administration’s Student Debt Relief Plan Statement by Wil Del…
5 Things Equity Advocates Should Know About…. Changes to the FAFSA for Fall 2023
May 01, 2023 by Sonny Metoki The new FAFSA, or Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), has been delayed until December 2023. As a…
The Latest Threat to Student Debt Cancellation
While we await the Supreme Court’s decision on the legality of student debt cancelation, the threats to President Biden’s executive order cancelling up to $20,000 of student debt for Pell…
The Pell Grant Makes College More Affordable–But It’s Only a Sliver of the True Cost of Attendance
March 28, 2023 by Gabriela Oliveros High school seniors are starting to get their acceptance letters, their financial offerings from colleges across the country, and that’s definitely a cause for celebration. However, amid all these seemingly…
The President’s FY24 Budget Invests in Our Nation’s Students
March 10, 2023 by EdTrust WASHINGTON – Today, The Education Trust released the following statement from Denise Forte, President and CEO of The Education Trust, on the Biden-Harris administration’s Fiscal Year 2024 budget request: …
Budget recommendations for higher education affordability in Massachusetts
February 14, 2023 by EdTrust To: Governor Healey, Lieutenant Governor Driscoll, and Secretary Tutwiler From: The undersigned organizations Subject: Budget recommendations for higher education affordability in Massachusetts Date: February 14, 2023 Dear Governor Healey, Lieutenant…