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Teaching refugee women to drive goes beyond their destination
9 months ago

Teaching refugee women to drive goes beyond their destination

LA Times  

Nancy Gobran, instructor and owner of Safety Driving School, poses in a parking lot where she holds her driving lessons in Stone Mountain, Ga. Gobran has been working for nearly five years with a program called Women Behind the Wheel, which offers 14 hours of free drivers’ education to mostly refugee and immigrant women. “At the beginning, it’s kind of …

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Canada is capping foreign student visas to ease housing pressures as cost of living soars
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Canada is capping foreign student visas to ease housing pressures as cost of living soars

New Indian Express  

TORONTO: Canada on Monday announced a two-year cap on international student visas to ease the pressure on housing, health care and other services at a time of record immigration. He said that the international students program has been exploited by institutions offering “sham” degrees, putting pressure on housing and health care. “You cannot bring in 1.25 million people a year …

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It’s almost time to resume student loan payments. What happens if you don’t?
1 year, 7 months ago

It’s almost time to resume student loan payments. What happens if you don’t?

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — After three years, the pandemic-era freeze on federal student loan payments will end this fall and more than 40 million Americans will have to start making payments again under the terms of a debt ceiling deal approved by Congress. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the Biden administration overstepped its authority in trying to cancel or …

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It might seem tempting to not pay your student loans. Here's why that's a bad idea
1 year, 7 months ago

It might seem tempting to not pay your student loans. Here's why that's a bad idea

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. More than 40 million Americans will have to start …

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Conservative Justices Appear Ready To Scrap Biden's Student Loan Plan — But It Might Survive Because Of Standing
1 year, 10 months ago

Conservative Justices Appear Ready To Scrap Biden's Student Loan Plan — But It Might Survive Because Of Standing

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Supreme Court’s conservative justices looked ready to void President Joe Biden’s targeted student loan relief plan during arguments on Tuesday, although the debt relief could live on if two conservatives side with the liberal justices and deny the plaintiffs standing to sue. They questioned Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona’s authority under the HEROES Act to cancel …

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Student athletes feel ‘tossed aside’ after Whittier College ends NCAA Division III sports
2 years, 1 month ago

Student athletes feel ‘tossed aside’ after Whittier College ends NCAA Division III sports

LA Times  

Former lacrosse captain Alex Coco, with teammates Kale Lanza, left, and Noah Tobias, said he put in personal time to support younger players. “Not getting a proper reason from the college, I feel like I’ve been tossed aside,” she said. The school estimates it will save $700,000 from the eliminated programs, which will be invested into “supporting student wellness,” Santana …

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South Carolina program aims to boost ranks of Black teachers
2 years, 1 month ago

South Carolina program aims to boost ranks of Black teachers

Associated Press  

CHARLESTON, S.C. — After a student in his classroom had yet another outburst, Tyler Wright couldn’t bear to see him get written up again. Wright became a full-time teacher at Stono Park Elementary in January, thanks to a program in Charleston aimed at making the teaching profession more accessible to Black men, who are vastly underrepresented in classrooms in South …

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EXPLAINER: Where does the student loan debt plan stand?
2 years, 2 months ago

EXPLAINER: Where does the student loan debt plan stand?

Associated Press  

President Joe Biden’s plan to provide millions of borrowers with up to $20,000 apiece in federal student-loan forgiveness has been blocked by a second federal court, leaving millions of borrowers to wonder if they’ll get debt relief at all. Here’s where things stand: HOW THE FORGIVENESS PLAN WORKS The debt forgiveness plan announced in August would cancel $10,000 in student …

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Court temporarily blocks Biden’s student loan forgiveness
2 years, 2 months ago

Court temporarily blocks Biden’s student loan forgiveness

Associated Press  

ST. LOUIS — A federal appeals court late Friday issued an administrative stay temporarily blocking President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel billions of dollars in federal student loans, throwing the program into limbo just days after people began applying for loan forgiveness. Circuit Court of Appeals was filed late Thursday, hours after U.S. District Judge Henry Autrey in St. Louis …

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Small business group files suit over Biden student loan plan
2 years, 3 months ago

Small business group files suit over Biden student loan plan

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A small-business advocacy group has filed a new lawsuit seeking to block the Biden administration’s efforts to forgive student loan debt for tens of millions of Americans — the latest legal challenge to the program. “And everyone should have the opportunity to provide their views to the government.” She added: “These universities need to be held accountable for …

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How public service workers can get student loan forgiveness
2 years, 4 months ago

How public service workers can get student loan forgiveness

LA Times  

Student loan forgiveness is available to those who work 10 years in public service jobs. The basics of the program called Public Service Loan Forgiveness, or PSLF, seem clear: Government and nonprofit workers who make monthly payments on their federal loans for 10 years are eligible to have the rest of their debt wiped clean. More than 600,000 borrowers — …

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Title IX: Law ensured balanced cutbacks during pandemic
2 years, 6 months ago

Title IX: Law ensured balanced cutbacks during pandemic

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “I imagine it would have made it much harder for anyone to actually consider the cutting of women’s sports,” South Florida athletics director Michael Kelly said. The Pirates, an American Athletic Conference member, announced cuts to four programs —men’s and women’s swimming and diving, men’s and …

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EXPLAINER: What’s behind changes in student loan forgiveness
3 years, 3 months ago

EXPLAINER: What’s behind changes in student loan forgiveness

Associated Press  

A student debt forgiveness program with notoriously complex eligibility rules is getting an overhaul from the Biden administration, with the intent of extending debt relief to thousands of public workers. The Education Department announced Wednesday that it will lift some rules for Public Service Loan Forgiveness while it works on permanent improvements through a rulemaking process. Borrowers with FFEL loans …

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Student exchange program with University of Leeds in UK
3 years, 5 months ago

Student exchange program with University of Leeds in UK

China Daily  

Introduction to University of Leeds Established in 1904, the University of Leeds in downtown Leeds, the second largest financial city in the United Kingdom, is one of the largest higher education institutions in the UK. The university is ranked among the top 100 universities in the QS World University Rankings 2021 and is ranked 15th in its Good University Guide …

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More Than 6,500 Teachers Have Had Unfair Student Debts Erased
4 years, 4 months ago

More Than 6,500 Teachers Have Had Unfair Student Debts Erased

NPR  

More Than 6,500 Teachers Have Had Unfair Student Debts Erased Enlarge this image toggle caption Stacy Kranitz for NPR Stacy Kranitz for NPR More than 6,500 current and former teachers have gotten a second chance to shed millions of dollars in unfair student debts, according to new data from the U.S. Department of Education. Sponsor Message According to the department, …

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Tustin high school student wins first place in an international environmental science video contest
4 years, 8 months ago

Tustin high school student wins first place in an international environmental science video contest

LA Times  

Little did 18-year-old Bryan Nguyen know that iPhone shots of a Lego mini-figure sitting on a toilet would win him a first-place $1,000 cash prize. “There are a number of different waterborne pathogens, and it’s problematic in developing areas where they don’t have adequate sanitation,” said Tracy Scott, Nguyen’s teacher who has taught science for about 17 years. So the …

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