The Education Trust’s Comment on the Department of Education’s Proposed Improvements to Income-Driven Repayment
February 13, 2023 by EdTrust February 10, 2023 Richard Blasen Office of Postsecondary Education U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Ave., SW Washington, DC 20202 RE: Improving Income-Driven Repayment for the William D. Ford Federal…
Advocates call on Legislators and Healey-Driscoll Administration to act on Board of Higher Education recommendations and analysis
December 14, 2022 by EdTrust December 14, 2022 BOSTON – The Education Trust in Massachusetts, uAspire, OneGoal, Bottom Line, Jumpstart, and Journey into Education & Teaching issued the following statement regarding the Massachusetts Board of…
Income-Driven Repayment Plans Fail Black Borrowers
November 16, 2022 by Approximately 43 million Americans collectively owe $1.6 trillion in federal student loan debt, but this debt is not borne…
What You Need to Know About Student Debt Cancellation
August 25, 2022 by Wil Del Pilar, Ph.D. Yesterday, the Biden administration took a bold first step to tackling the $1.7 trillion student debt crisis in this country by providing limited student debt cancellation. Already, borrowers and advocates…
Biden Cancels $10,000 in Student Debt. But What Do Borrowers Really Want?
August 24, 2022 by Nicolle Grayson President Biden announced today that his administration will cancel $10,000 in student loans for federal student loan borrowers for individuals making less than $125,000 a year, and $20,000 for Pell…
Millions of Borrowers Received Student Debt Relief; However, More Needs to Be Done
August 24, 2022 by Denise Forte Statement from Denise Forte, interim CEO of The Education Trust, on the Biden-Harris administration’s student loan cancellation announcement WASHINGTON (August 24, 2022) — “The decision by the Biden-Harris administration to provide up to…
Black Women’s Mental Health and the Student Debt Crisis
August 05, 2022 by Letisha Marrero Any moment now, the Biden administration will announce its plan to forgive student debt as the moratorium on loan payments will expire at the end of this month. While mounting…
Opinion: Should the Government Forgive College Student Loan Debt?
August 02, 2022 by Denise Forte Should the federal government forgive student loan debt? The short answer is yes. While many people mistakenly put the blame on students, the current student loan debt crisis is the…
How Student Debt Harms Black Borrowers’ Mental Health
Approximately 45 million Americans carry $1.7 trillion in student loan debt, but the financial challenges facing Black borrowers are…