Share: Last year, I woke up to the most surreal news when President Joe Biden forgave my outstanding student loan debt and declared me almost debt free. This week I was reminded that 6 out of 9 people decided that was stupid and slapped me in the face with my debt again. Now after three years of payments being paused, millions of Americans are coming face to face with their student loans again, but some know their debt will never be paid off. For college …
Biden’s student debt relief plan: What are you really mad about?
Share: President Biden’s student debt relief plan has been met with cheers and jeers, and no one is cheering and jeering more than those Americans who will be untouched by it. Critics have called this plan a glorified government bailout targeted at able-bodied, affluent Americans. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has called the plan “a slap in the face to every family who sacrificed to save for college and every graduate who paid their debt.” The validity of such arguments relies on an iteration of …
State of the students
Share: As clouds of smoke from Ventura’s Woolsey fire forms in the distance, Pasadena City College (PCC) student Tanner Petterson sits in a shady spot on the edge of the mirror pools and waits until her afternoon class begins. She has ten minutes to spare, but instead of worrying about her class, she browses her phone and acknowledges the early golden hour. Meanwhile, a student on the other side of the pools lays on the grass, glued to a textbook, skimming through notes. Follow:
Bachelor degrees at two-year schools enrich education
Community colleges are doing the right thing and offering four-year degrees at a two-year school price.
OP-ED: Obama’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan is a good start
Share: Congratulations America. We have surpassed the $1 trillion mark in student debt. If that isn’t bad enough, students are finding themselves having to empty their pockets once more to pay off their remaining school balances. This time however, it’ll sting a little less with President Obama’s newer Student Loan Forgiveness Program. Follow: