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# Student Financial Aid 

# Student Financial Aid 

                      -  January 9, 2023  New Proposed Regulations Would Transform Income-Driven Repayment by Cutting Undergraduate Loan Payments in Half and Preventing Unpaid Interest Accumulation  
Today, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) proposed regulations to reduce the cost of federal student loan payments, especially for low and middle-income borrowers.
  **Tags:**RegulationStudent Financial AidStudent Loan ProgramsPress Releases
                      -  November 10, 2022  Statement from Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona on District Court Ruling on the Biden-Harris Administration Student Debt Relief Program  
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona issued the following statement regarding today’s district court ruling on student debt relief:
  **Tags:**Student Financial AidStudent Loan ProgramsLoan ForgivenessPress Releases
                      -  November 10, 2022  Federal Student Aid Office of Enforcement Tip Submission  								  Do you know about illegal acts or other conduct that might violate the Higher Education Act or federal rules for institutions of higher education?We want to hear from you!Email the FSA Office of Enforcement today at FSATips@ed.gov  **Tags:**Student Financial AidStudent Financial Aid OfficersStudentsFederal Student Aid (FSA)
                      -  October 26, 2022  Education Department Unveils Final Rules to Protect Veterans and Service Members, Improve College Access for Incarcerated Individuals and Improve Oversight When Colleges Change Owners  
Today, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) announced final rules that will better protect veterans and service members from predatory recruitment practices, implement access to Pell Grants for incarcerated students in high-quality prison education programs, and increase accountability when colleges and universities change ownership.  
  **Tags:**AccountabilityRegulationStudent Financial AidStudent Loan ProgramsPress Releases
                      -  September 29, 2022  U.S. Department of Education Estimate: Biden-Harris Student Debt Relief to Cost an Average of $30 Billion Annually Over Next Decade  
In August, the Biden-Harris Administration announced its plan to cancel up to $20,000 in student debt for eligible borrowers to give working and middle-class families more breathing room as they recover from the pandemic. Today, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) released its estimate of the costs of the Biden-Harris Administration's Student Debt Relief.
  **Tags:**Student Financial AidStudent Loan ProgramsLoan ForgivenessPress Releases
                      -  August 29, 2022  Education Department Approves $1.5 billion in Debt Relief for 79,000 Borrowers Who Attended Westwood College  
Today, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) announced that it will discharge all remaining federal student loans for borrowers who enrolled in any location of Westwood College (including enrollment in Westwood's online program) between January 1, 2002 through November 17, 2015 when it stopped enrolling new borrowers in advance of its 2016 closure.
  **Tags:**Student Financial AidStudent Loan ProgramsPress Releases
                      -  August 24, 2022  Biden-Harris Administration Announces Final Student Loan Pause Extension Through December 31 and Targeted Debt Cancellation to Smooth Transition to Repayment   
Today, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) announced a final extension of the pause on student loan repayment, interest, and collections through December 31, 2022. Borrowers should plan to resume payments in January 2023.
  **Tags:**Student Financial AidStudent Loan ProgramsLoan ForgivenessPress Releases
                      -  August 19, 2022  U.S. Department of Education Terminates Federal Recognition of ACICS, Enhances Federal Aid Program Participation Requirements for ACICS-accredited Colleges  
EDITOR’S NOTE: An earlier version of this release noted enrollment of ACICS-accredited institutions was 3,800. That number has been updated to nearly 5,000 students.
  **Tags:**Postsecondary EducationStudent Financial AidPress Releases
                      -  July 25, 2022  Education Department Releases Proposed Regulations to Protect Veterans and Service Members, Increase College Oversight, and Increase College Access for Incarcerated Individuals  
Today, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) released proposed regulations that would implement critical changes in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 that better protect veterans and service members from being subject to aggressive targeting practices by requiring private for-profit institutions to obtain at least 10 percent of revenue from non-federal sources.
  **Tags:**Postsecondary EducationStudent Financial AidStudent Loan ProgramsPress Releases
                      -  June 1, 2022  Education Department Approves $5.8 Billion Group Discharge to Cancel all Remaining Loans for 560,000 Borrowers who Attended Corinthian  
Today, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) announced it will discharge all remaining federal student loans borrowed to attend any campus owned or operated by Corinthian Colleges Inc. (Corinthian) from its founding in 1995 through its closure in April 2015. This will result in 560,000 borrowers receiving $5.8 billion in full loan discharges.
  **Tags:**Student Financial AidStudent Loan ProgramsPress Releases

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