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Budget 2024: Nirmala Sitharaman announces financial aid for student loans up to ₹10 lakh
5 months ago

Budget 2024: Nirmala Sitharaman announces financial aid for student loans up to ₹10 lakh

Hindustan Times  

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that the Narendra Modi government will offer financial support for loans up to ₹10 lakh for higher education in domestic institutions. Union Budget 2024: People watch Union Budget being presented by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Parliament on television screen at TV showroom, at Dadar, in Mumbai. Follow- Budget 2024 Live Updates "For …

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Hundreds of thousands of financial aid applications need to be fixed after latest calculation error
9 months ago

Hundreds of thousands of financial aid applications need to be fixed after latest calculation error

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Education Department said it has discovered a calculation error in hundreds of thousands of student financial aid applications sent to colleges this month and will need to reprocess them — a blunder that follows a series of others and threatens further delays to this year’s college applications. Officials said they have fixed the error and it …

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Education Department starts sending financial aid data to colleges after months of delays
9 months, 1 week ago

Education Department starts sending financial aid data to colleges after months of delays

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — After months of delays and technical hiccups, some colleges and universities have started to receive federal data they need to put together financial aid offers for incoming students, the Biden administration said Monday. FAFSA information is used to award state and federal education grants, and schools use it to assemble financial aid packages for prospective students. “Any delays …

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Student loan forgiveness isn't dead yet, and other takeaways from 2023
1 year ago

Student loan forgiveness isn't dead yet, and other takeaways from 2023

NPR  

Student loan forgiveness isn't dead yet, and other takeaways from 2023 Enlarge this image Margaret Flatley for NPR Margaret Flatley for NPR Federal student loan borrowers have had quite a year. Margaret Flatley for NPR Many, perhaps most borrowers will tell you that 2023 was the year the idea of "student loan forgiveness" died atop the mahogany bench of the …

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100,000 Immigrant Kids Are in Limbo Because of a Technicality
1 year ago

100,000 Immigrant Kids Are in Limbo Because of a Technicality

Slate  

Last month, a federal judge heard arguments that the U.S. government is violating the rights of thousands of children seeking asylum through its “Remain in Mexico” program. So, children whom Congress, the immigration agency, and the courts recognize as deserving of this special protected status have been forced into a growing, yearslong green card backlog, trapped in foster care systems, …

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Largest Christian university in US faces record fine after federal probe into alleged deception
1 year, 1 month ago

Largest Christian university in US faces record fine after federal probe into alleged deception

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The country’s largest Christian university is being fined $37.7 million by the federal government amid accusations that it misled students about the cost of its graduate programs. Grand Canyon University, which has more than 100,000 students, mostly in online programs, faces the largest fine of its kind ever issued by the U.S. Education Department. The university dismissed the …

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UP slap row: Officials to aid admission of Muslim student to government school
1 year, 3 months ago

UP slap row: Officials to aid admission of Muslim student to government school

India Today  

A Muslim student, who was slapped by his classmates following the orders of a school teacher in Muzaffarnagar, will be admitted to a government primary school provided his family agrees to it, officials of the education department said on Sunday. The department will also facilitate the transfer of other students studying at Neha Public School in Khabbupur village where the …

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Progressive Consumer Advocate To Head Federal Financial Aid Office
3 years, 7 months ago

Progressive Consumer Advocate To Head Federal Financial Aid Office

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Joe Biden’s administration has picked Richard Cordray, a former Ohio attorney general and head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, to head the office charged with overseeing the federal government’s student loan portfolio of more than $1 trillion. Cordray, who will start at Federal Student Aid on Tuesday, will be a high-profile leader for an obscure …

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Historic $100-million gift will help California community college students most in need
4 years, 2 months ago

Historic $100-million gift will help California community college students most in need

LA Times  

A historic gift to California Community Colleges will help more students complete degrees, transfer to universities and cover their basic living expenses. The California Community Colleges system announced Tuesday that it has received the largest ever gift to such institutions in the nation — $100 million — to help more students complete degrees, transfer to universities and support their basic …

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