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Higher Ed, Not Debt retweeted
Protect Borrowers@BorrowerJustice16 Jan 2023
🥁ANNOUNCING:🥁The Peoples Rally for Student Debt Cancellation WHERE: Outside SCOTUS WHEN: 2/28/23, the day of oral arguments WHY: To demand SCOTUS follow the letter of the law and uphold the people’s right to relief Sign up! ➝bit.ly/Join-SCOTUS-Student-D… #PeopleForCancellation
Image reads “People’s Rally for Student Debt Cancellation — Supreme Court 2-28-23 with drawing of people rallying in front of a court building”

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UPDATE: The Administration is extending the pause on federal student loan repayments to allow for the Supreme Court to rule in the case on the student debt relief program. The pause will end no later than June 30, 2023. Payments will resume 60 days after the pause ends.
News: Student loan repayment pause has been extended to no later than June 30, 2023. Payments will resume 60 days after the pause ends.

ALT News: Student loan repayment pause has been extended to no later than June 30, 2023. Payments will resume 60 days after the pause ends.

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I'm confident that our student debt relief plan is legal. But it’s on hold because Republican officials want to block it. That's why @SecCardona is extending the payment pause to no later than June 30, 2023, giving the Supreme Court time to hear the case in its current term.
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Higher Ed, Not Debt retweeted
Protect Borrowers@BorrowerJustice27 Sep 2022
Do you still have questions about the PSLF Waiver? Reminder that TODAY at 6PM ET we'll be sharing answers!!! Join us: bit.ly/Access-PSLF-Sept27
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Higher Ed, Not Debt retweeted
ESOI | GCPI@GCPIEconSec23 Sep 2022
ICYMI, read our latest chartbook analyzing how Parent PLUS loans burden low-income households, Black families, & college students in the South with unrepayable debt. We’d love to continue the conversation on #ParentPLUSDebt. bit.ly/3d6tpYS
Unrepayable Debt: How Economic, Racial, & Geographic Inequality Shape the Distribution of Parent PLUS Loans

ALT Unrepayable Debt: How Economic, Racial, & Geographic Inequality Shape the Distribution of Parent PLUS Loans

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Higher Ed, Not Debt retweeted
The Century Foundation
@TCFdotorg23 Sep 2022
According to @POTUS’s latest announcement, student loan borrowers who had Pell Grants are eligible for up to $20k in debt forgiveness. But there’s a problem❗The extra $10k of loan forgiveness doesn’t apply to parents whose children received Pell. #ParentPLUSDebt 1/
ESOI | GCPI@GCPIEconSec23 Sep 2022
Q7: The Biden Admin's recent debt relief includes canceling some Parent PLUS debt, easing burdens. But parents still face hurdles, including administrative burdens and limited repayment plans. What can policymakers do next to support parent borrowers? #ParentPLUSDebt
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A7: President Biden’s action is a good first step, however, we need an equitable higher ed financing system that does not disproportionately burden low-income households, Black families, & students in the South. @GCPIEconSec #ParentPLUSDebt xitter.cf/GCPIEconSec/status/157…
ESOI | GCPI@GCPIEconSec23 Sep 2022
Q7: The Biden Admin's recent debt relief includes canceling some Parent PLUS debt, easing burdens. But parents still face hurdles, including administrative burdens and limited repayment plans. What can policymakers do next to support parent borrowers? #ParentPLUSDebt
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The Century Foundation
@TCFdotorg23 Sep 2022
Due to systemic racism, Black families face a racial wealth gap compared to white families, & Parent PLUS borrowing only deepens it. Black parents are almost 2x as likely as other parent borrowers to still be in repayment for their own student loans. 1/ #ParentPLUSdebt
ESOI | GCPI@GCPIEconSec23 Sep 2022
Q3: In 2018, 44% of Black students using Parent PLUS loans came from very low-income families compared to 10% of white students. What barriers do Black students & families with low incomes face that might explain this pattern? #ParentPLUSDebt
A line graph with five lines. The lines each correspond to one of the following racial/ethnic groups: Black, Latinx, Asian, white, and total. Each line demonstrates the share of dependent students within a race/ethnicity group whose parents have borrowed Parent PLUS loans and have annual incomes below $30,000 (in 2015 constant dollars), from 1996 to 2018. The share of Black students from households with very low incomes and that borrowed Parent PLUS loans increased at the fastest rate from 2008 to 2018.

ALT A line graph with five lines. The lines each correspond to one of the following racial/ethnic groups: Black, Latinx, Asian, white, and total. Each line demonstrates the share of dependent students within a race/ethnicity group whose parents have borrowed Parent PLUS loans and have annual incomes below $30,000 (in 2015 constant dollars), from 1996 to 2018. The share of Black students from households with very low incomes and that borrowed Parent PLUS loans increased at the fastest rate from 2008 to 2018.

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Higher Ed, Not Debt retweeted
The Century Foundation
@TCFdotorg23 Sep 2022
And, by the time their children graduate college, 44% of Black PP families borrow a PLUS amount > the typical Black family’s net worth. For white families, just 0.4% borrow > the typical white family’s net worth. 2/ #ParentPLUSDebt tcf.org/content/commentary/h…

How President Biden's Student Debt Cancellation Plan Helps Parent Borrowers

Editor's note: An earlier version of this commentary, published August 31, 2022, noted that borrowers with commercially held Parent PLUS loans through the

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Higher Ed, Not Debt retweeted
CAPDisability@CAPDisability22 Sep 2022
📢 Disabled college students: we want to hear from you. Message us to share your experience!
On the left side, white text on a dark blue background: Do you identify as disabled and attend a minority-serving institution, like a historically Black college or university? On the left side, red text on a dark blue background: Vilissa Thompson is leading a project to highlight the experiences of disabled college students. Please direct message @CAPDisability for more information! Compensation is available. On the right side, a brick building with several columns. A metal ramp leads to the front door and two students walk by looking at their phones. In the bottom right corner, a blue square with CAP in white text.

ALT On the left side, white text on a dark blue background: Do you identify as disabled and attend a minority-serving institution, like a historically Black college or university? On the left side, red text on a dark blue background: Vilissa Thompson is leading a project to highlight the experiences of disabled college students. Please direct message @CAPDisability for more information! Compensation is available. On the right side, a brick building with several columns. A metal ramp leads to the front door and two students walk by looking at their phones. In the bottom right corner, a blue square with CAP in white text.

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Higher Ed, Not Debt retweeted
AFSCME@AFSCME21 Sep 2022
Are you a public service worker with outstanding federal student loans? If so, join AFSCME and our partners at @theSBPC for a series of webinars to explain how you might be eligible to have your loans forgiven. afsc.me/3S1v9Sp
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Higher Ed, Not Debt retweeted
Protect Borrowers@BorrowerJustice21 Sep 2022
👏🎉Congress just passed the Joint Consolidation Loan Separation Act! FINALLY student loan borrowers who've been locked to spouses—even in the case of domestic abuse & divorce—are one step closer to being able to separate their loans and accessing debt relief they've been denied.
Rep. Shontel Brown
@RepShontelBrown21 Sep 2022
Replying to @RepShontelBrown
The Joint Consolidation Loan Separation Act will provide student loan borrowers the much-needed relief that offers economic freedom for survivors and allows them to regain their financial footing.
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Higher Ed, Not Debt retweeted
Protect Borrowers@BorrowerJustice20 Sep 2022
To see if you need to consolidate/convert your federal student loan type to receive Biden’s cancellation➦ Go to your StudentAid.gov dashboard. It should show the types of loans- types other than "Direct" you might have to consolidate! More info forgivemystudentdebt.org/faq…
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Ayelet Sheffey@arsheffey13 Sep 2022
ICYMI: Warren and @AyannaPressley sent letters to servicers yesterday requesting details on how they are communicating with borrowers on debt relief. businessinsider.com/student-…
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ESOI | GCPI@GCPIEconSec15 Sep 2022
The sole federal financial aid program for parents—Parent PLUS—can help millions of families access higher ed. However, these loans regressively burden low-income households, Black families, & college students in the South with unrepayable debt. bit.ly/3d6tpYS
Unrepayable Debt: How Economic, Racial, & Geographic Inequality Shape the Distribution of Parent PLUS Loans

ALT Unrepayable Debt: How Economic, Racial, & Geographic Inequality Shape the Distribution of Parent PLUS Loans

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🙌 Retweet to End the Spousal Consolidation Trap 👉 A Defunct Federal Student Loan Program has Tied Domestic Abuse Victims to Their Abusers for >20yrs 💪 The Senate Voted 💯to Free Victims! 🚨 Final Bill Must Pass the House in September ✨Retweet to #EndSpousalConLoans✨ +🧵
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Higher Ed, Not Debt retweeted
NextGen Policy@NextGen_Policy14 Sep 2022
🚨 Recent changes to the federal #PSLF program offers loan forgiveness for thousands of eligible student borrowers working in public service. 💰 #FreeMyFuture #CAChallenge Check eligibility today & apply before the October 31, 2022 deadline at forgivemystudentdebt.org
NextGen Policy Logo. Public Service Workers! Did you know? You may qualify for the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. Learn more at ForgiveMyStudentDebt.org.

ALT NextGen Policy Logo. Public Service Workers! Did you know? You may qualify for the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. Learn more at ForgiveMyStudentDebt.org.

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Higher Ed, Not Debt retweeted
The American Prospect@TheProspect12 Sep 2022
Last week, we hosted a Twitter Space with student loan experts @KyraTaylor2022, @millennial_debt and @thomasgokey to talk about the challenges of implementing debt cancellation and how the Biden administration can go further. Check it out here: prospect.org/podcasts/hurdle…

The Hurdles to Student Debt Relief - The American Prospect

‘If part of the theory of adding an income cap was to make this more progressive, the real-world impact was to make it more regressive.’

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Higher Ed, Not Debt retweeted
Young Invincibles@YoungInvincible14 Sep 2022
Tonight at 7pm ET, we're hosting a #PSLF webinar with @bysavi & @debtcrisisorg to discuss eligibility, how to apply, and answer any questions you may have. Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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Higher Ed, Not Debt retweeted
Protect Borrowers@BorrowerJustice14 Sep 2022
"We have to celebrate how far we’ve come on student debt, because this is a 𝒃𝒊𝒈, 𝒅𝒂𝒎𝒏 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒍. We have a lot to celebrate, but we’re not in any place close to finish. We've got a lot of work to still do." - @SenWarren
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