Adam Minsky on Student Loan Debt and Forgiveness
Adam Minsky, a student loan attorney and Forbes contributor, talked about student loan debt and potential changes to student loan forgiveness and repayment programs.
745 viewsAdam Minsky, a student loan attorney and Forbes contributor, talked about student loan debt and potential changes to student loan forgiveness and repayment programs.
745 viewsWhite House Press Secretary Jen Psaki discussed President Biden’s agenda with reporters. At the beginning of the briefing, she highlighted the president’s decision to extend the moratorium on student…
1,406 viewsNational Affairs contributor Jason Delisle discussed his recent article on higher education policy regarding whether there is a college financing crisis in the U.S. This program is part of a…
294 viewsSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), joined by other Senate and House Democratic colleagues, called on President Biden to use executive action to cancel $50,000 in federal student…
1,172 viewsTelephone lines and social media were open to take viewer calls and comments to the question, “Is college worth the cost?”
646 viewsEducation Secretary Betsy DeVos addressed students and college presidents at the annual Council for Christian Colleges and Universities conference in Washington, DC. She talked about priorities within…
995 viewsThe Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee held a hearing on ways to simplify the application for federal student aid for undergraduate and graduate students. Among the witnesses…
645 viewsSimon Montlake talked by video from Boston about his reporting on a scholarship program in Kalamazoo, Michigan, which allows public school students to attend college for free and the impact…
229 viewsJoshua Mitchell was interviewed by telephone about a U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that shows the federal government was on track to forgive at least $108 billion in…
677 viewsHeadlines from the day’s newspapers were read and telephone lines were open for viewer comments on the question, “Should the government forgive student loan debt?” The telephone lines were divided among…
605 viewsDemocratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) spoke at a campaign rally at the University of New Hampshire in Durham. The main topics were to encourage…
3,633 viewsIn the wake of the shutdown of ITT Technical Institute facilities across the country, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) spoke against the student loan debt being accrued by students and argued…
389 viewsThe National Press Club’s Newsmaker Committee held an event focusing on education issues in the 2016 election. This portion included a panel discussion analyzing higher education policies…
224 viewsPanelists, including conservative authors, policy experts, and businesswomen, discussed free speech and student debt issues facing the nation’s colleges and universities. Then conservative author and blogger…
596 viewsRohit Chopra and Susan Dynarski talked about whether there was a student debt crisis in the U.S., and, if so, who was being affected and why. They examined the role of the student loan industry,…
606 viewsMaggie Severns reported by telephone about administration and congressional efforts to address the rising number of student loan defaults. She talked about the causes of debt problems and…
246 viewsHeadlines from the day’s newspapers were read and telephone lines, divided by age, were open for viewer comments on the question: “Your Experience Paying Off Student Loans?” Education…
489 viewsJanet Lorin talked about federal student loan programs that offer repayment based on income and, in some cases, debt forgiveness.Topics included the costs to taxpayers of recent initiatives to help students with heavy…
713 viewsPresident Obama delivered his weekly address. He announced the launch of a new College Scorecard, meant to help students and parents identify which schools provide the greatest return on…
145 viewsScholars talked about how college access and completion could improve the socio-economic mobility of minorities. The panelists provided varied policy recommendations for improving federal financial aid and campus…
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