Biden’s Student Loan Chief to Step Down in June Amid FAFSA Chaos
Richard Cordray is resigning amid the rollout of a federal student aid application process that was delayed, glitch-ridden and sometimes prevented students from submitting applications at all.
Biden’s student loan chief to depart
Rich Cordray, the Education Department’s top student loan official, is set to leave President Joe Biden’s administration, according to two people familiar with the decision. Cordray, the former head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has been overseeing the department’s Office of Federal Student Aid since May 2021.
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The biggest winners of Biden’s student debt ‘cancellation’
President Joe Biden introduced new provisions to his student debt relief plan earlier this month, and the primary beneficiaries are high-income earners, according to a new analysis released by the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Biden’s student loan chief to depart as mass relief plan looms
He'll be leaving as the department faces pressure to deliver on Biden’s aspirations to cancel debt for tens of millions of Americans before the election.
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Pro-Palestinian Protests Deal Blow to Student Loan Forgiveness
At Columbia University in New York City, pro-Palestinian students created an encampment on campus and have been recorded in ...
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Have student loans? Want forgiveness? An important deadline is coming up.
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What College Majors can Afford to Retire?
With $20,000 of student-loan debt, only construction management, data science analytics and supply chain management (starting ...
Borrowers, don’t miss this important student loan forgiveness deadline
Some people carrying education debt may qualify for credit or forgiveness of their loan through a Department of Education ...
25 States That Have Trouble with Student Loan Payments
In this article, we will be navigating through the 25 states that have trouble with student loan payments. If you wish to ...
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A look at the protests about the war in Gaza that have emerged on US college campuses
Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war have popped up on an increasing number of college campuses following last week's ...
I Sacrificed for My Son's Tuition—Student Loan Forgiveness Is a Bitter Pill
It's disheartening to witness calls for blanket student loan forgiveness from those who may not have faced the same ...
Richard Cordray to step down from job overseeing $1.6 trillion in federal student loans
Richard Corday is stepping down as the chief operating officer of the Office of Federal Student Aid, the government entity ...