Tag Archives: Education Department

The U.S. Department of Education has announced another round of student loan forgiveness for scholars who were tricked into debt to fund their education. Last week the agency announced $415 million in student loan debt from select borrowers would be canceled. Almost 16,000 people claimed to have been swayed into …

The Biden administration is overturning a policy that barred undocumented college students from receiving federal relief grants during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Education Department announced that it will distribute $36 billion in federal relief funding to higher education. Colleges and universities will have to decide how to distribute the funding …

The hearings for President Joe Biden‘s Cabinet nominations continue today. We will hear testimony from his picks to lead all of his cabinet positions over the next several weeks. We will profile the nominees in advance of their hearings so our readers will have some background information as the proceedings …