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Some student-loan borrowers could get extra money from their school under a new Education Department proposal
Some schools are keeping student-loan borrower and Pell Grant recipients' unused meal plan funds at…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Kevin McCarthy is fighting to 'deny critical student debt relief' to 83,000 of his own constituents in his new debt ceiling bill, Biden's Education Secretary says
Banning student-loan forgiveness and ending the payment pause made it into Speaker McCarthy's bill …
Ayelet Sheffey
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UGC warns edtech companies offering degree courses online in association with foreign universities
The UGC has warned edtech companies and colleges offering degrees in collaborative arrangements wit…
PTI
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Nuh clashes: Schools, colleges in Gurugram to remain closed today
All educational institutions including schools, colleges, and coaching centres will remain closed o…
ANI
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Betsy DeVos says she resigned after learning Pence wouldn't support invoking the 25th Amendment to remove Trump in the wake of the Capitol riot
Trump's former education secretary confirmed that she spoke with Pence and Cabinet officials after …
Oma Seddiq
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The Oklahoma education secretary wants to revoke the license of a teacher who gave students access to banned books
Summer Boismier resigned as a high school English teacher after a parent reported that she violated…
Kenneth Niemeyer,Haven Orecch…
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Education Secretary Miguel Cardona says he does not support lowering qualification standards to address national teacher shortage
Cardona said he is in favor of using the American Rescue plan dollars to give a salary to student t…
Pocharapon Neammanee
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The student-loan forgiveness application wasn't ready when Biden announced relief because the Education Department couldn't move forward until it was an official policy, the Education Secretary says
"We couldn't create an application if it hadn't been a policy that the president would have put for…
Ayelet Sheffey
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An architect of the law Biden is using to cancel student debt tells the Supreme Court that the relief falls 'exactly' under the Education Secretary's authority and should be revived
A series of labor unions, advocates, and attorneys filed briefs to the Supreme Court supporting Bid…
Ayelet Sheffey
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There are 'many moving parts' with student-loan forgiveness but the process to get relief will be 'better than people expect,' Biden's Education Secretary says
Education Sec. Miguel Cardona told NPR he's "working really hard to make sure that we make the proc…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Over a dozen groups just told the Supreme Court that a 'successful' return to student-loan repayment 'hinges' on upholding Biden's debt relief, the education secretary says
The amicus briefs criticized the student-loan company MOHELA's role in blocking debt relief and sup…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Student-loan forgiveness and cheaper monthly payments are on the line as the GOP's plan to slash Education Department funding moves forward
House Republicans are proposing to cut Federal Student Aid's budget by $264 million. It would pose …
Ayelet Sheffey
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Student-loan borrowers will know 'soon' if the debt payment pause will be extended before it expires in 2 weeks, Biden's Education Secretary says
Education Sec. Miguel Cardona said he is "having conversations daily with the White House" on the s…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Biden's Education Secretary responds to student-loan borrowers with private debt who don't qualify for federal relief: 'We can control our loans. We can't control other loans'
While student-loan forgiveness for federal student-loan borrowers remains in jeopardy, borrowers wi…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Biden's Education Secretary says the student-loan payment pause 'could be' extended, and borrowers will have 'ample notice' before it happens
Student-loan borrowers got less than a month's notice with the most recent payment pause extension,…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Education Secretary Miguel Cardona says the department is 'moving full speed ahead' to implement student debt relief despite an appeals court temporarily blocking the plan
"Already, 22 million people have provided the department with the necessary information we need to …
John L. Dorman
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Student-loan borrowers will know 'within the next week or so' whether Biden will cancel their debt and extend the payment pause, Education Secretary says
Since June, Biden's Education Department said student-loan borrowers will receive plenty of notice,…
Ayelet Sheffey
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A top GOP lawmaker is taking legal action to scrutinize the Education Department's authority to cancel student debt for defrauded borrowers
Rep. Virginia Foxx subpoenaed the Education Department following past concerns that student-debt re…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Biden's Education Department reveals the 4 groups of student-loan borrowers it's prioritizing for its second attempt at debt relief
The Education Department is moving forward with its second attempt at student-loan forgiveness. It'…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Former Education secretary Betsy DeVos says the GOP movement is not 'dependent on any one person,' without naming Trump
"Politics now are so often about people, not the policies that impact lives directly," DeVos said o…