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The article reports that U.S. Department of Education (ED) needed overhaul to the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, assuring the program will benefitting borrowers serving in public services careers, including librarians and educators. Topics include national and state organizations, have been working with the Biden-Harris Administration to call for improvements; and student borrowers to count all previous loan payments towards forgiveness.

The article focuses on U.S. President Joe Biden administration's fiscal year 2022 budget proposal, which includes 102.8 billion dollar in discretionary spending for the U.S. Department of Education. It is noted that the budget for higher education includes calls for free community college as well as increases to student aid programs like Pell Grants.

The article discuses about the American Rescue Plan Act that includes direct and indirect funding for libraries, including for academic and research libraries. They includes funding for states and localities with flexibility on spending that responds to economic losses relating to COVID-19. Funding for libraries through the Institute of Museum and Library Services allocated for state library administrative agencies.

The article reports on the introduction of the Library Stabilization Fund Act (LSFA) which would ensure financial assistance to libraries in the U.S. despite the economic challenges brought by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

The article reports on the victory earned by Georgia State University (GSU) in the U.S. court case Cambridge University Press v. Patton et al. Topics discussed include the lawsuit filed by publishers Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, and SAGE against GSU with regard to their e-reserves system, the fair use assessment performed on allegedly infringed works involved in the case, and the technological evolutions since the 2008 filing of the said case.

The article informs that HathiTrust has opened full-text access to books in its collection for HathiTrust library members in response to COVID-19 pandemic, and member libraries with holdings can offer full-text access to those titles to their faculty, student, and academic communities.

The article offers information on various COVID-19 pandemic relief packages that are available for academic libraries in the U.S. Topics discussed include the efforts of American Library Association for advocating for libraries to be included in federal relief packages; enactment of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act benefiting college and research libraries; and the take of Department of Education on same.

The article reports that the U.S. Congress appropriated 252 million dollars for the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) in its final federal spending bill for the financial year 2020, a 10 million dollars increase in 12 years. It highlights 1.3 billion dollars increase in the overall education funding for the Department of Education.

The article discusses U.S. Congressional reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education (CTE) Act. Education advocacy work by the American Library Association encouraging reauthorization of the act is described along with alleged Congressional reticence to pass the Higher Education Act.

The article discusses the U.S. Higher Education Act (HEA) reauthorization legislation by House Education and Workforce Committee Chair Virginia Foxx. It cites on the Promoting Real Opportunity, Success and Prosperity through Education Reform (PROSPER) Act that addresses the obligation on higher education institutions and changes American attitude to attend and pay for college.