Opinion: Students deserve partial refund for transition to online education
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE — But there’s no refund coming my way. Though my legal education has been reduced to lectures I could have YouTube’d for free, Berkeley has not signaled any intent to provide even a partial refund for the diminished quality of the educational experience.
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THE NATIONAL JURIST — That student debt analysis comes from Derek Muller, a professor at Pepperdine Caruso School of Law in Malibu, Calif., who likes to crunch numbers and post the results on his blog, Excess of Democracy.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Andrew Cuomo, New York’s Democratic governor, announced the state will offer relief to 300,000 borrowers who took out private student loans. Those borrowers were excluded from the $2.2 trillion federal stimulus bill, which allowed most other student loan borrowers to avoid making payments for six months, without interest.
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UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE COLLEGE OF LAW — Recent graduates with student debt who work in public interest law can receive assistance through a program being offered by the University of Tennessee College of Law. Four graduates each will receive up to $4,000 this year through the Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell, & Berkowitz, PC Loan Repayment…
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BUZZFEED — Americans will get a six-month reprieve from federal student loan payments as the coronavirus pandemic leads to job losses and economic turmoil nationwide.
Read More about Federal student loan payments suspended through SeptemberSome student loan borrowers left out of Congressional stimulus proposal
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Although help for student borrowers in Congress’s massive economic stimulus package has been widely publicized, including a six-month reprieve from making loan payments, more than a million people with loans may be surprised to learn they will not get any relief under the new measure.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — The $2.2 trillion stimulus bill Congress is set to pass includes a one-time tax break this year for annual employer contributions of up to $5,250 toward their employees’ student loan debt. The provision is drawing both praise and criticism.
Read More about Tax break for employer-paid student loan payments draws mixed reactionCongress looks at student loan help as part of economic stimulus package
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The advocates suggest measures such as allowing students to defer loan payments. And indeed, Senate Democrats propose the federal government go further and cover student loan payments for financially distressed borrowers.
Read More about Congress looks at student loan help as part of economic stimulus packagePenn Law student Valerie Snow receives Independence Foundation Public Interest Law Fellowship for work in elderly rights
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Upon graduation from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Valerie Snow L’20 will spend two years at Philadelphia’s SeniorLAW Center advocating for the rights of low-income seniors, especially regarding guardianship, thanks to a prestigious Independence Foundation Public Interest Law Fellowship. Snow’s fellowship project at the SeniorLAW Center will address…
Read More about Penn Law student Valerie Snow receives Independence Foundation Public Interest Law Fellowship for work in elderly rightsU.S. Department of Education Title IX changes may complicate Higher Education Act reauthorization efforts
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Any deal to update the law governing federal student aid would have to overcome concerns about the highly charged new rule U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is about to release on what colleges are required do about allegations of sexual assault or harassment on campuses. That was the message from an aide…
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