Student Debt /tags/student-debt Student Debt en-US WLRN Mon, 06 May 2024 10:00:00 GMT Biden's rocky effort to ease student loan debt has borrowers filled with anxiety /education/2024-05-06/biden-student-loan-debt-relief-borrowers Federal student loan borrowers number about 2.7 million in Florida and they owe more than $103 billion. Nationwide, more than 43 million borrowers owe a collective $1.7 trillion, according to the latest data, with the average amount per borrower topping $37,000. Mon, 06 May 2024 10:00:00 GMT /education/2024-05-06/biden-student-loan-debt-relief-borrowers Rafael Hernandez Nearly 13,000 Florida borrowers get student loans forgiven /education/2024-02-23/florida-student-loan-biden-save-plan The latest student loan forgiveness plan, for certain borrowers enrolled in the SAVE replayment plan, will forgive $105 million of student debt for Florida borrowers. Fri, 23 Feb 2024 14:42:47 GMT /education/2024-02-23/florida-student-loan-biden-save-plan Gabriella Paul Why the Biden administration is forgiving small student loans - and how to apply /education/2024-01-18/student-loan-forgiveness-save-plan-biden-12000-education Borrowers who initially took out less than $12,000 in student loans could soon get them forgiven by the federal government. Under Secretary of Education James Kvaal explains to ¸Û°ÄÌìϲÊhow — and says 'please apply.' Thu, 18 Jan 2024 11:00:00 GMT /education/2024-01-18/student-loan-forgiveness-save-plan-biden-12000-education Kate Payne The Supreme Court won't block the student loan debt relief program, at least for now /news/2022-10-20/the-supreme-court-wont-block-the-student-loan-debt-relief-program-at-least-for-now Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who is assigned to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, was the one who received the emergency application brought by a Wisconsin taxpayers group. Fri, 21 Oct 2022 11:30:00 GMT /news/2022-10-20/the-supreme-court-wont-block-the-student-loan-debt-relief-program-at-least-for-now Nina Totenberg, Jess Zalph Biden gave young voters a win on student debt, but abortion tops midterm motivations /national/national-politics/2022-10-17/biden-gave-young-voters-a-win-on-student-debt-but-abortion-tops-midterm-motivations Student debt cancellation is a prominent issue among young voters, but it's not the sole driving issue organizers are pushing before Election Day. Mon, 17 Oct 2022 09:00:45 GMT /national/national-politics/2022-10-17/biden-gave-young-voters-a-win-on-student-debt-but-abortion-tops-midterm-motivations Elena Moore Princeton University will cover costs for students whose families earn below $100K /news/2022-09-09/princeton-university-will-cover-costs-for-students-whose-families-earn-below-100k Undergraduate students whose household income is less than $100,000 will not have to pay anything to attend Princeton University, the school said. Fri, 09 Sep 2022 18:00:00 GMT /news/2022-09-09/princeton-university-will-cover-costs-for-students-whose-families-earn-below-100k Ayana Archie Rollins professor says Biden student loan forgiveness plan could alleviate teacher shortage /news/2022-08-26/rollins-professor-says-biden-student-loan-forgiveness-plan-could-alleviate-teacher-shortage “Teachers are out there making some, you know, not not altogether decent salaries compared to a lot of others. And so that group in particular, certainly would benefit from having some relief from their loans because of their already low salaries.†Fri, 26 Aug 2022 16:21:41 GMT /news/2022-08-26/rollins-professor-says-biden-student-loan-forgiveness-plan-could-alleviate-teacher-shortage Danielle Prieur Student loan borrowers will get help after an NPR report and years of complaints /2022-04-19/student-loan-borrowers-will-get-help-after-an-npr-report-and-years-of-complaints The U.S. Department of Education unveils a plan to help millions of borrowers who have been hurt and held back by its troubled income-driven repayment plans. Tue, 19 Apr 2022 19:13:36 GMT /2022-04-19/student-loan-borrowers-will-get-help-after-an-npr-report-and-years-of-complaints Cory Turner The student loan pause has been extended until the end of the summer /2022-04-06/the-student-loan-pause-has-been-extended-until-the-end-of-the-summer The Biden administration extended the freeze on student loan payments yet again, this time until September, and announced a reset for borrowers in default. Wed, 06 Apr 2022 14:38:36 GMT /2022-04-06/the-student-loan-pause-has-been-extended-until-the-end-of-the-summer Cory Turner 3 takeaways from NPR's investigation into a troubled student loan repayment program /news/2022-04-01/3-takeaways-from-nprs-investigation-into-a-troubled-student-loan-repayment-program Many of the lowest-income federal student loan borrowers have had their hopes of debt cancellation delayed or derailed as a result of mismanagement, NPR found. Fri, 01 Apr 2022 17:23:41 GMT /news/2022-04-01/3-takeaways-from-nprs-investigation-into-a-troubled-student-loan-repayment-program Cory Turner, Nicole Cohen