Student debt

MATTHEWS: Biden’s student debt forgiveness plan is an insult to all Americans

August 31, 2022 Stacey Matthews

Last week, just three months before the midterm elections, President Joe Biden announced he was moving to unilaterally implement a student loan debt forgiveness plan that “would cancel up to $20,000 worth of federal student […]

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GOP, Dems seek political boost from student loan debt plan

August 30, 2022 Meg Kinnard, Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. — To Democrats championing the White House’s student loan forgiveness plan, it was the long-awaited delivery of one of President Joe Biden’s campaign promises. To Republicans — and even some in the president’s […]

More flexibility proposed for student debt forgiveness

July 8, 2022 Collin Binkley, Associated Press

New rules proposed by the Biden administration on Wednesday would make it easier for borrowers to get their federal student debt forgiven through several existing programs. The action is intended to overhaul relief programs that […]

Biden officials considering action on student debt relief

February 5, 2021 Collin Binkley, Associated Press

The Biden administration is reviewing whether it can take steps to provide student debt relief through executive action, even as it continues to call on Congress to pass legislation to help borrowers and their families. […]

ROBINSON: Innovative solutions to the student debt dilemma

April 14, 2020 Jenna Robinson, James G. Martin Center

I explained in two past articles that student debt is a real problem and that universities have encouraged it through their own irresponsible behavior. With new college graduates facing an uncertain financial future, so it’s […]

ROBINSON: Student debt: Universities reap the rewards but students shoulder the risk

April 7, 2020 Jenna Robinson, James G. Martin Center

In a recent column for the North State Journal, I explained that student debt is a real problem — not just a campaign slogan to attract millennial and Gen Z voters. It hampers workers and […]

ROBINSON: Yes, student debt is a real problem

March 31, 2020 Jenna Robinson, James G. Martin Center

Until recently, it was hard to feel much sympathy for borrowers who couldn’t pay back their student loans. Presidential candidates clamoring for total loan forgiveness and headlines featuring young people who took on six-figure debt […]