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Kery Murakami wrote a new post, Groups say more borrowers should get payments suspended, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 4 days, 8 hours ago
Although help for student borrowers in Congress’s massive economic stimulus package has been widely publicized, including a six-month reprieve from making loan payments, more than a million people with loans ma […]
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Kery Murakami wrote a new post, Disappointed college leaders and student debt advocates look to next round of stimulus, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 5 days, 8 hours ago
Advocates who have been pushing for student loan debt to be canceled were disappointed that, even with a $2.2 trillion price tag, the stimulus package approved by the U.S. Senate late Wednesday night doesn’t do mo […]
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Kery Murakami wrote a new post, As stimulus remains in flux, Democrats push for more student debt cancelation, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 1 week ago
As negotiations over a mammoth economic stimulus package continued in the Senate Monday night, House Democrats unveiled their own $2.5 trillion proposal, which largely mirrors, and in some ways goes beyond, the […]
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Kery Murakami wrote a new post, Help for student loan borrowers stalls Senate stimulus bill, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 1 week, 1 day ago
A $1.6 trillion stimulus proposal from Republicans to help the economy during the coronavirus crisis stalled in the Senate over a number of objections by Democrats, including that the proposal didn’t do enough to […]
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Kery Murakami wrote a new post, Republican Senate plan differs with Democrats' over help for student borrowers, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 1 week, 4 days ago
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans and Democrats on Thursday unveiled plans to help students saddled by debt during the economic fallout of the coronavirus crisis, but a rift quickly developed over how.
Meanwhile, […]
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Kery Murakami wrote a new post, Direct coronavirus payments not enough for student loan borrowers, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 1 week, 5 days ago
Even though Senate Republicans and President Trump are reportedly considering legislation that would send many Americans $2,000 as part of a new coronavirus stimulus package, advocacy groups say those struggling […]
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Kery Murakami wrote a new post, Trump promised to waive student loan interest, but it's unclear if borrowers will see any immediate relief, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 2 weeks ago
Three days after President Trump announced he is waiving the interest on federal student loans “to help students and their families” during the coronavirus crisis, the Education Department hasn’t released any d […]
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Kery Murakami wrote a new post, Biden and Sanders differ in approaches to administrative actions, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 2 weeks ago
In the coming weeks or days, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is expected to set off a firestorm of controversy by issuing a new rule to change how the nation’s colleges and universities deal with a […]
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Kery Murakami wrote a new post, Consumer groups say student loan borrowers need more help during coronavirus crisis, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 2 weeks, 1 day ago
While they applauded President Donald Trump for indefinitely waiving the interest on federal students loans during the coronavirus crisis, consumer groups said the move doesn’t go far enough in helping borrowers s […]
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Kery Murakami wrote a new post, Senate Republicans join Democrats in rebuke of DeVos on borrower-defense rule, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 2 weeks, 5 days ago
Congress is formally opposing U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s controversial borrower-defense rule, assailed by critics as making it more difficult for borrowers to have their student loans forgiven if t […]
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Kery Murakami wrote a new post, VA cracks down on Temple, Phoenix and three others for misleading prospective students, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 3 weeks ago
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced Monday that it would soon stop approving the enrollment of new students receiving GI Bill benefits at the University of Phoenix, Temple University and three other […]
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Kery Murakami wrote a new post, Higher ed plans from Biden and Sanders differ in scope, specificity, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 3 weeks, 1 day ago
Elizabeth Warren’s departure from the race for the Democratic presidential nomination has left two candidates with different approaches to dealing with college affordability and other higher education policy i […]
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Kery Murakami wrote a new post, Lamar Alexander wants Higher Education Act deal within a month, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 4 weeks, 1 day ago
Senator Lamar Alexander is seeing time ticking down on passing a rewrite of the nation’s main higher education law this year, and during his career.
Though he didn’t say it is a drop-dead deadline, the Ten […]
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Kery Murakami wrote a new post, Could Senate rebuke DeVos over borrower-defense rule?, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 1 month ago
For all of President Trump’s controversial policies, it has been rare for the Republican Senate to formally condemn the administration. But lobbyists on both sides of the debate over U.S. Education Secretary B […]
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Kery Murakami wrote a new post, Education Department says House committee is seeking to abuse power with subpoena threat, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 1 month ago
Three weeks ago the U.S. House of Representatives' oversight committee threatened it might subpoena U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos if she didn’t confirm she would appear before the body on March 3 to […]
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Kery Murakami wrote a new post, Title IX debate complicates push for Higher Education Act reauthorization, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 1 month, 1 week ago
Any deal to update the law governing federal student aid would have to overcome concerns about the highly charged new rule U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is about to release on what colleges are required do […]
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Kery Murakami wrote a new post, Bloomberg proposes limited debt forgiveness, tuition-free college, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 1 month, 1 week ago
Michael Bloomberg, who is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination and has been positioning himself as a moderate in the race, proposed forgiving the college debt of some borrowers on Monday, but on a far […]
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Kery Murakami wrote a new post, Bloomberg plan brings contrast with Warren and Sanders, but differs from other moderates, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 1 month, 1 week ago
In proposing a plan for providing free higher education and forgiving student debt — but not for all borrowers — New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday drew a contrast as he has in other policy areas […]
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Kery Murakami wrote a new post, Higher education lobbying has declined, but will that change?, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 1 month, 2 weeks ago
A decade ago, Bucknell University was among 700 other higher education institutions and groups that spent about $100 million to hire lobbyists in Washington — many of them hitting up members of Congress for […]
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Kery Murakami wrote a new post, Trump budget would boost career education spending but cut funds for college aid, research programs, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 1 month, 2 weeks ago
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday called for a $5.6 billion, or 7.8 percent, cut in Department of Education funding and reductions for most core funders of academic research, but also proposed a nearly $ […]
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