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Download full textAlexandra Hegji; Sean M. Stiff – Congressional Research Service, 2024
Outstanding Higher Education Act (HEA) Title IV federal student loan debt exceeds $1.6 trillion and is owed by about 45 million borrowers. In August 2022, the Biden Administration announced it would invoke the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003 (HEROES Act) to cancel, on a one-time basis, up to $20,000 in qualifying…
Descriptors: Student Loan Programs, Debt (Financial), Loan Repayment, Federal Aid
Alexandra Hegji – Congressional Research Service, 2024
The William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) program is the single largest source of federal financial assistance to support students' postsecondary educational pursuits. The U.S. Department of Education estimates that in FY2025, $93.1 billion in new loans will be made through the program. As of the end of the third quarter of FY2024,…
Descriptors: Student Loan Programs, Debt (Financial), Educational Finance, Federal Programs
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Direct linkHanwen Zhang – Higher Education Research and Development, 2024
Government-backed student loans are not a panacea for educational inequality or social ills. By examining student loans as a means of social control, Bourdieu's concept of symbolic violence can provide novel ways to encapsulate debt-response patterns across cultures and geographies. This gentle, invisible violence creeps in via misrecognition, a…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Debt (Financial), Loan Repayment, Loan Default
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, 2024
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators' (NASFAA's) National Student Aid Profile is an annual publication designed to give a high-level overview of the federal student financial aid programs that provide funding to millions of students each year. This profile includes an overview of: (1) The Federal Pell Grant Program; (2) The…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Student Financial Aid, Federal Aid, Grants
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, 2024
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators' (NASFAA's) National Student Aid Profile is an annual publication designed to give a high-level overview of the federal student financial aid programs that provide funding to millions of students each year. This profile includes an overview of: (1) The Federal Pell Grant Program; (2) The…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Student Financial Aid, Federal Aid, Grants
