Biden Releases Higher Ed Recommendations
Jul 16, 2020, 13:15 PM
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Proposals lay out the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee's higher education policy agenda, echoing previous plans and recommendations.
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Former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, released a set of policy recommendations late last week on a range of issues from climate change to education, Inside Higher Ed reported.
The plan calls for canceling up to $10,000 in student debt relief per borrower during the coronavirus pandemic. The recommendations include Biden's previous proposal to excuse those making less than $25,000 from making monthly payments on student loans, without interest. For those making more, payments would be capped at 5 percent of their discretionary income. For both groups, any remaining loan balances will be forgiven after 20 years.
The recommendations also include:
- Doubling the size of federal Pell Grant awards,
- Student loan dischargeability in bankruptcy,
- Tuition-free community colleges and four-year universities for those making less than $125,000, including undocumented students, and
- Increasing federal funding for programs that help first-generation college students, students with disabilities, veterans and other underrepresented groups apply to and complete college, among other things.
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Inside Higher Ed
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2020/07/10/biden-and-sanderss-joint-higher-ed-recommendations
Michelle Mott
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- Advocacy
- Community Colleges
- Financial Aid and FAFSA
- Veterans and Service Members
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- covid-19
- Debt
- Federal relations
- forgiveness
- free college
- pell grant
- student loans
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- undocumented