#Biden plots new course to get relief for student loan borrowers

#Biden plots new course to get relief for student loan borrowers

President Biden on Friday announced new actions to offer student loan borrowers some forgiveness, reintroducing his forgiveness plan grounded in the Higher Education Act (HEA). Using the HEA to provide student debt relief has been pushed by student loan advocates and top Democrats for years. Under the HEA, advocates argue it allows the education secretary to…

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#Supreme Court will rule on student debt relief Friday

#Supreme Court will rule on student debt relief Friday

The Supreme Court will release its final decisions of the term Friday morning, handing down rulings on student debt relief and a free speech case involving same-sex wedding websites. The last decisions will cap a term that has already included the gutting of affirmative action in college admissions alongside string of victories for the left on the Voting…

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#Supreme Court Strikes Down Affirmative Action in College Admissions, Says Race Cannot Be a Factor

#Supreme Court Strikes Down Affirmative Action in College Admissions, Says Race Cannot Be a Factor

The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action in college admissions, forcing institutions of higher education to look for new ways to achieve diverse student bodies. The court’s conservative majority overturned admissions plans at Harvard and the University of North Carolina, the nation’s oldest private and public colleges, respectively. Chief Justice John Roberts said…

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#Supreme Court hands down blow to college affirmative action

#Supreme Court hands down blow to college affirmative action

The Supreme Court severely limited the use of race as a factor in college admissions, upending decades of affirmative action programs that U.S. institutions have used to select students from their applicant pools. The court’s six conservative justices invalidated Harvard’s and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s (UNC) admissions policies by ruling they did not comply…

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#Five Supreme Court decisions to watch

#Five Supreme Court decisions to watch

The Supreme Court is set to release its next opinions on Tuesday morning, with several landmark cases still to be handed down with just days left until the summer recess. The court did not indicate Tuesday will be the final decision day, meaning that at least one additional day is likely later in the week….

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