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Download full textHegji, Alexandra; Shohfi, Kyle D.; Zota, Rita R. – Congressional Research Service, 2022
Outstanding federal student loan debt exceeds $1.6 trillion and is owed by approximately 45 million borrowers. Thus, a policy to broadly cancel federal student loan debt would directly apply to a discrete segment of the U.S. population. Cancelling some amount of federal student loan debt would alleviate loan repayment burdens for qualifying…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Student Loan Programs, Student Financial Aid, Debt (Financial)
Collins, Benjamin; Fountain, Joselynn H.; Ball, Milan N.; Dortch, Cassandria – Congressional Research Service, 2020
In December 2019, Congress enacted and the President signed the Fostering Undergraduate Talent by Unlocking Resources for Education Act (FUTURE Act; P.L. 116-91). The law The law amends the Higher Education Act (HEA) to permanently authorize mandatory funding for grant programs to support HBCUs and MSIs. Authorization for this funding had expired…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Higher Education, Educational Legislation, Undergraduate Students
Hegji, Alexandra – Congressional Research Service, 2020
In academic year (AY) 2018-2019, approximately 6,400 institutions of higher education (IHEs), enrolling about 26.5 million postsecondary education students, participated in the federal student aid programs authorized under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA; P.L. 89-329, as amended). These IHEs ranged in sector, size, and…
Descriptors: School Closing, Colleges, College Students, Loan Repayment
