Life in America 😭😭😭

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Sira6o6oNH0

 

The student loans of 450K defrauded borrowers are being erased : NPR

Connor likens this case, about schools defrauding borrowers, to the historic settlement against Big Tobacco. Like cigarettes, she says, these student loans to predatory schools are "toxic products."…

 https://www.npr.org/2026/07/31/nx-s1-5910885/student-loans-colleges-fraud-borrower-defense-education-department-trump

 

A wave of student loan borrowers have entered default since pandemic-era protections lapsed | PBS News

"These are folks who live in states that President Trump won in the previous election," Bañez said. "And why I bring that up is, you know, there's a lot of misconceptions and tropes about who student loan borrowers are, and who are the ones who are falling behind."

 She said many are "working-class folks who just cannot keep up with these bills on top of everything else."…

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/a-wave-of-student-loan-borrowers-have-entered-default-since-pandemic-era-protections-lapsed

 

New 'do no harm' test targets low-earning college degrees : NPR

"We know we need nurses. We know we need journalists. We know we need early childhood educators," he said. "We don't know how many artists we need, but I can guarantee that if you eliminate access, we will impoverish our cultural life nationally."…

https://www.npr.org/2026/06/30/nx-s1-5835631/turner-camhi-do-no-harm-college-loans 

Would-be physician assistants deterred by strict caps on US student loans

Beginning 1 July, the Republican-led One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Obbba) will end the Grad Plus federal loan program, cap federal graduate loans at $20,000 per year, and cap loans for professional education at $50,000 per year… 

Today, the median cost of physician assistant training is $103,000 for up to 27 months of training, according to Sara Fletcher, executive director of the PA Education Association, which represents institutions that train physician assistants…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/25/physician-assistants-us-federal-student-loans

 

Music, theatre among degree programs in Michigan that could lose federal loan access under new rule

“Making it so that students in the arts and humanities are possibly not able to be eligible for loans, really is setting up a larger class divide... it makes it so that those people who want to study the arts and humanities have to come from means.”…

 https://www.michiganpublic.org/education/2026-06-12/music-theatre-among-degree-programs-in-michigan-that-could-lose-federal-loan-access-under-new-rule

 

States sue to stop student loan limits on some healthcare degrees : NPR

In implementing the changes in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the Trump administration has scaled back the types of graduate degrees that qualify as "professional" and for which students can borrow up to $50,000 a year and $200,000 overall. It is limiting those exempted programs to 11 categories: chiropractic, clinical psychology, dentistry, law, medicine, optometry, osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, podiatry, theology and veterinary medicine. Nursing, physical therapy and nurse anesthesia are some of the many healthcare-related programs excluded from that short list of professional degrees… 

"This Department of Education has chosen to make it harder for nurses to advance their education and their careers," Jennifer Mensik Kennedy, president of the American Nurses Association, said in a statement. She continued: "Make no mistake, this is not a technicality or a footnote. This rule will be felt in real communities, for example, in rural areas where nurse practitioners, midwives, and nurse anesthesiologists are often the only providers of core care services."…

 https://www.npr.org/2026/05/19/nx-s1-5826688/lawsuit-student-loans-nursing-healthcare-graduate-degree

Trump’s college crackdown will backfire on Christian schools!

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VgKz-2yPs3o

 

 

Education Department launches hiring spree in key office, roughly a year after mass layoffs - POLITICO

The Federal Student Aid office plans to hire 334 full-time employees by 2027, despite staffing cuts last year and efforts to send the department’s work to other agencies.

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/08/education-department-launches-hiring-spree-in-key-office-after-2025s-mass-layoffs-00912445

Millions of Americans with student loan debt are hanging on the edge of a cliff

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xszr8XrMuPY

 

College, university aid: which students are getting grant money

College is expensive for most families, to be sure. And they all scramble to make it work. 

But for low-income families, high tuition costs can rule out school altogether — financial burdens were cited by U.S. adults as the top reason for not pursuing an advanced degree in a Gallup survey this year. The system isn't set-up to attract lower-income students, Granville says. 

"There's very little working to benefit students who are on the fence about attending college at all."…

Trump administration wants to block some public servants from loan forgiveness - The Washington Post

Those who work with undocumented immigrants, provide gender transition care for minors or publicly protest could be blocked from student loan forgiveness under a new rule…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/10/30/student-loan-forgiveness-changes-trump/

Medical students could feel burn from Trump's new law

Many medical school students will feel a financial squeeze from President Trump's tax-and-spending bill due to a new $200,000 cap on student loan borrowing and the cancellation of a federal program that helps defray their living expenses during school. 

Why it matters: The country is projected to face a shortage of 187,130 doctors by 2037…

https://www.axios.com/2025/07/15/medical-students-loans-new-law 

 

Republican megabill would undermine the student loan system

"Trump views colleges as his political enemies, so he is doing everything he can to tear them down..."

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/megabill-student-loans-congress-project-47-rcna215054 

 

Student loan borrowers struggle to get into income-driven repayment plan

'The opposite of government efficiency'

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/20/education-department-backlog-student-loan-borrowers-struggle-to-get-into-idr-plan.html 

 

What is the US Department of Education and what does it do? | Trump administration | The Guardian

Among its most significant functions is administering federal student aid programs, providing billions in grants, work-study funds and loans to more than 13 million students. The agency also oversees programs addressing special education, English-language acquisition and education for disadvantaged students. 

Critics have long questioned the need for the department, arguing education should remain entirely under state and local control, while its supporters maintain it plays a crucial role in protecting educational equity and providing much-needed federal backing to schools serving vulnerable populations...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/20/what-is-department-education-trump

 

Rep. Hayes Claps Back at MAGA Critic Over Student Loan Reform

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0K4IcjH2vBQ

Trump Tax Plan EXPLODES In Devastating Financial Blow Against Students

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OYV7dv5CkQ

No, Biden did not defy a Supreme Court order - The Washington Post

If Biden had in fact defied the Supreme Court, his critics could have asked judges to hold him and his administration in contempt, touching off a true constitutional crisis. There's a reason none of that ever happened.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/11/trump-administration-constitutional-crisis/

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Key functions of the Education Department, which Trump is moving to dismantle - The Washington Post

The department has 4,400 employees, according to a federal grants website. It is responsible for the $1.6 billion federal student loan program and a range of grants for K-12 schools. 

In addition, the department runs achievement tests dubbed the Nation's Report Card and collects statistics on enrollment, staffing and crime in schools. It enforces civil rights laws that bar discrimination in federally funded schools on the basis of race, sex and other factors. 

States and school districts, not the federal Education Department, set curriculums. That runs counter to Trump's repeated call to send education "back to the states," as it already mostly resides there...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/02/04/department-of-education-explained-trump/