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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
July 28, 2022 by Victoria Jackson, Jalil B. Mustaffa, Ph.D. Approximately 45 million Americans carry $1.7 trillion in student loan debt, but the financial challenges facing Black borrowers are…
Joint Letter to U.S. Senate Subcommittee in Support of Postsecondary Student Success Grants in FY23 Appropriations
July 18, 2022 by EdTrust The Honorable Patty Murray Chair Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Roy…
July 2022 Update: Addressing Unfinished Learning, Student Debt, Justice-Impacted Students, and More
July 15, 2022 by Denise Forte In Washington D.C. and across the country, Ed Trust has helped steer the nation’s attention on the scale and scope of unfinished learning due to the pandemic. And with nearly…