The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to an injunction from Texas schools barring the administration from borrower defense to repayment efforts.
Author: Alia Wong, USA TODAY
The Supreme Court gutted affirmative action. Race-based college scholarships face attacks
Conservatives say decisions on race-conscious admissions apply to financial aid earmarked for students of color. Cutting this aid may have a bigger effect.
After Supreme Court’s rejection of affirmative action, complaint targets legacy admissions
Days after the Supreme Court ruled against race-conscious admissions at Harvard, a civil rights group has filed a complaint over its legacy preferences.
Post-COVID trauma drives elementary schools’ challenges: 5 Things podcast
With the COVID-19 pandemic in the rearview USA TODAY took a closer look at schools across America to see how they are coping.
Ahead of Supreme Court affirmative action case ruling: Do Harvard, UNC discriminate?
The Supreme Court will soon decide on cases challenging the elite colleges’ use of affirmative action. Enrollment trends complicate the picture.
Senate votes to repeal Biden student loan forgiveness; White House plans a veto
President Biden’s sweeping student loan debt forgiveness plan already is stalled because of a pair of cases before the Supreme Court.
Speaker McCarthy says student loan payment ‘gone’ under debt ceiling deal. Here’s what that means.
Even before Sunday’s debt ceiling deal between President Biden and House Speaker McCarthy, efforts were underway to bring student loan payments back.
Acting before Supreme Court ruling, House votes to block Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan
The plan is already on hold pending US Supreme Court intervention but Republicans in Congress are determined to block it before the court rules.
Supreme Court greenlights student loan forgiveness for defrauded borrowers. What’s next?
The more than $6 billion in loans is being forgiven through borrower defense. The former students were defrauded or misled by their colleges.
When will student loan payments resume? A new lawsuit aims to lift the payment pause
The suit challenges the legality of the department’s decision to continue extending the student loan payment pause without approval from Congress.