White House outlines changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
ABA JOURNAL — President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that his administration will cancel up to $10,000 in federal student loan debt and up to $20,000 in student debt for Pell Grant recipients.
Read More about White House outlines changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness ProgramAmerican University staff strike for higher wages
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Monday was the start of Welcome Week at American University. Students and parents arriving at the Washington, D.C., campus were greeted not only by smiling university ambassadors but also a picket line of more than 100 members of the university’s staff union, gathered for the first day of a weeklong strike. The strike,…
Read More about American University staff strike for higher wagesHow college graduates benefit from federal student loan forgiveness
VOX — President Joe Biden announced his administration’s long-awaited student loan forgiveness plan Wednesday, saying it will forgive $10,000 in student loans for borrowers who earned less than $125,000 during the pandemic. People who received Pell Grants, grants to low-income students, while they were enrolled in college will be eligible to have $20,000 in debt…
Read More about How college graduates benefit from federal student loan forgivenessCourt rules that room scans performed by remote text proctoring services are unconstitutional
NPR — The remote-proctored exam that colleges began using widely during the pandemic saw a first big legal test of its own — one that concluded in a ruling applauded by digital privacy advocates. A federal judge this week sided with a student at Cleveland State University in Ohio, who alleged that a room scan taken before…
Read More about Court rules that room scans performed by remote text proctoring services are unconstitutionalOpinion: How to overcome impostor syndrome in higher education
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The dictionary defines impostor syndrome as “the persistent inability to believe that one’s success is deserved or has been legitimately achieved as a result of one’s own effort or skills.” In other words, impostor syndrome is the feeling that you know you are a fraud and eventually other people will figure…
Read More about Opinion: How to overcome impostor syndrome in higher educationGraduate school loans are eligible for forgiveness under new debt relief program
FIRST COAST NEWS — About half of all teachers have student loan debt, according to the National Education Association. A teacher who retired in May reached out to First Coast News for help. Even in retirement, Riva Newton is paying back student loans, but her loans may be eligible for forgiveness.
Read More about Graduate school loans are eligible for forgiveness under new debt relief programLooking at the long-term effects of student loan debt
ABA JOURNAL — Some older Americans who took out relatively modest student loans are finding themselves saddled with ballooning loan balances that can result in garnishment of tax refunds, wages and Social Security payments.
Read More about Looking at the long-term effects of student loan debtStudy finds that gender-diverse research teams produce more impactful scholarship
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Mixed-gender research teams remain significantly underrepresented in science. At the same time, male-female teams are more likely to produce novel and highly cited research than are same-gender teams.
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THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — Not every academic wants to be as productive as the late G. Michael Pressley. A professor of education and psychology at Michigan State University, Pressley had published more than 350 articles and books by the time he died in 2006. But most scholars — emerging and seasoned alike —…
Read More about Advice on being a productive scholarBlack college student enrollment drop over the past decade concerns experts
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — But from 2010 to 2020, as overall college enrollments fell, the number of Black students on campuses fell even more sharply, to 1.9 million. The pressures affecting students in general — the escalating cost of college and skepticism about a degree’s payoff, for example — have been acute for…
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