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WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by South Carolina Senator Tim Scott: Legislation provides $255 million annually for HBCUs and Minority Serving Institutions, cuts up to 22 questions from [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The following information was released by Delaware Senator Christopher Coons: Today, the Senate passed a bipartisan agreement brokered by U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) and several leading [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The following information was released by Rhode Island Senator Jack Reed: In an effort to support historically black and minority-serving colleges and universities and simplify the Free [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by New Hampshire Senator Margaret Wood Hassan: Bipartisan Legislation Cosponsored by Hassan Included in Larger Education Package That Passed the Senate Today The [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander: The United States Senate today passed a bipartisan amendment to the House-passed FUTURE Act sponsored by Senate Education [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander: Senate education committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today said 'the Senate has taken a big first step in [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by Texas Senator John Cornyn: Bill Authorizes $255 Million Each Year U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after the Senate [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by South Carolina Senator Tim Scott: Legislation provides $255 million annually for HBCUs and Minority Serving Institutions Today, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) [...]

Senators from Marquette University Student Government unanimously passed an exemption Nov. 25 to allow Executive Vice President Dan Brophy to remain in his position as a part-time student despite a [...]

United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), member of the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs introduced legislation to [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The following information was released by Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren: 'Student veterans should never have to worry about obstacles that can undermine their educational goals' Washington, DC [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The following information was released by the office of New York Rep. Antonio Delgado: The College Affordability Act includes Delgado-backed provisions to increase financial support for non-traditional [...]

Byline: A.J. Angulo;Jack Schneider Last week, a federal court held Education Secretary Betsy DeVos in c ontempt for continuing to collect debt from people defrauded by for-profit colleges in violation [...]

Byline: Helaine Olen There is, perhaps, no greater sign of just how far the movement to forgive the nation's $1.5 trillion in student loan debt has come than the fact [...]

BOSTON, Mass. -- The following information was released by Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren: Lawmakers Urge Education Department Not to Reward Student Loan Servicer's Blatant Disregard for Borrowers, Taxpayers, and the [...]

AUGUSTA, ME -- The following information was released by the Maine State Senate Democrats: A number of new laws sponsored and supported by Sen. Chipman took effect yesterday, Sept. 19. [...]

TRENTON, NJ -- The following information was released by the New Jersey State Senate, Republicans: 'We are giving our children a chance to succeed,' State Senator Chris Brown said as [...]

Byline: Hailey Fuchs SAN FRANCISCO -- Sen. Bernie Sanders's California push for his plan to provide four years of government-paid college to all Americans underscored two themes of the Democratic [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The following information was released by Washington Senator Patty Murray: After years of pressure from Senator Murray and Senate Democrats, Secretary DeVos will finally automatically cancel student [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren: After years of pressure from Senate Democrats, Secretary DeVos will finally automatically cancel student loans of veterans disabled [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander: The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released a report highlighting fraud and errors in income-driven student loan repayment [...]

Yonkers, New York: Consumer Reports, Inc. has issued the following press release: SACRAMENTO, CA - Consumer Reports applauded the California Senate Banking Committee today for voting to approve the Student [...]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The following information was released by Consumers Union (CU): AB 376 Protects Borrowers From Loan Servicing Abuses That Make Loans More Expensive And Can Trigger Defaults SACRAMENTO, [...]

AUGUSTA, ME -- The following information was released by the Maine State Senate Democrats: Senator Vitelli A bill from Sen. Eloise Vitelli, D-Arrowsic, to protect Maine student loan borrowers from [...]

United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), member of the Senate HELP and Banking Committees, and Representatives Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Katie Porter (D-Calif.), both members of the House Financial Services [...]

AUGUSTA, ME -- The following information was released by the Maine State Senate Democrats: Senator Vitelli A bill from Sen. Eloise Vitelli, D-Arrowsic, to protect Maine student loan borrowers from [...]

HARTFORD -- The following information was released by the Connecticut General Assembly, Senate Democrats: A bill introduced by State Senator Alex Bergstein (D-Greenwich) that will make Connecticut more affordable for [...]

HARTFORD, Conn. -- The following information was released by the Connecticut General Assembly, Senate Democrats: Finance Committee Passes Student Loan Debt Relief Legislation HARTFORD, CT Today, the Finance Committee passed [...]

HARTFORD, Conn. -- The following information was released by the Connecticut General Assembly, Senate Democrats: Today, the Finance Committee passed Senate Bill No. 72, a bill that would make Connecticut [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Minority Office: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and four colleagues today introduced legislation [...]

Byline: Christine Emba By its height in 2011, Occupy Wall Street had spawned any number of slogans and mottos. While some had staying power (we're still talking about the one [...]

AUSTIN, Texas -- The following information was released by the office of the Lieutenant Governor of Texas: Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick issued this statement today following the passage of Senate [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the office of Rhode Island Rep. Jim Langevin: Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI) today introduced Domenic and Ed's Law, bipartisan, bicameral legislation to [...]

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The following information was released by the American Physical Therapy Association: It's back: APTA-supported legislation that would list physical therapists (PTs) among the professions included in a [...]

Byline: David West Jr. UT will implement a new policy in 2019 requiring the University notify students once a year regarding how much they owe in student loans. As an [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-GabrielIt took three years and dozens of calls before anyone told Kyra Hahn that her student loan payments were ineligible for a federal program that forgives the debts [...]

Byline: Emily Wangen The Iowa Senate moved to pass a Concurrent Resolution on Tuesday urging the U.S. Congress to limit certain student-loan interest rates to no more than 2 percentage [...]

Byline: Valerie Strauss The Education Department is going to miss a self-imposed deadline to deliver new rules governing how for-profit colleges and universities should deal with their students. But critics [...]

Byline: Nick Anderson and Laura Meckler WASHINGTON - The Trump administration intends to scrap limits on the debt students amass in career training programs, undoing an Obama-era initiative that sought [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel WASHINGTON - The Trump administration announced plans Monday to make it easier for permanently disabled military veterans to have their federal student debt wiped away. Anyone with [...]

Two weeks ago, Congress created a $350 million pot of money to help teachers, firefighters and others in public service who thought they were enrolled in a program that would [...]

Byline: FRANK BRUNI When all was said and done, the tax overhaul that President Trump signed into law a little more than a week ago didn't beat up on higher [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel House Republicans are pressing on with a sweeping overhaul of a federal law that governs almost every aspect of higher education, without hearings and despite mounting pressure [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel A cadre of attorneys and policy advisers from the Obama administration is teaming up to do what they say Education Secretary Betsy DeVos seems incapable of: protecting [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel Step by step, the Trump administration is walking back policies and rules in higher education that its predecessor said were needed to protect students who rely on [...]

Byline: Harry Bruinius, Stacy Teicher Khadaroo When Eve Rips was considering her job options after getting a law degree five years ago, she was most interested in doing nonprofit work. [...]

Byline: Emma Brown and Valerie Straussand Danielle Douglas-Gabriel Funding for college work-study programs would be cut in half, public-service loan forgiveness would end and hundreds of millions of dollars that [...]

Byline: The Register-Guard A proposal to allow Oregonians to deduct the full amount of student loans - not just interest on the loans, as currently allowed under federal law - [...]