Student Debt Joe Biden's Student Loan Plan Offers Some Relief, But Doesn't Get to the Root of the Problem Joe Biden has promised to tackle America’s $1.6 trillion student debt crisis, starting by extending the nearly year-long pause on federal loan payments. LX News welcomed student loan debt expert Robert Farrington of The College Investor, who says forgiveness won’t solve the problem of rising college costs and explains the reforms needed to stop the ongoing crisis.
1776 commission The 1776 Commission: How Trump's Slap at The 1619 Project Stifles, Rather Than Promotes, Free Thought in Education When President Trump announced the creation of the 1776 Commission for education, he billed it as a program that will promote American values and honor U.S. history. But the commission was seen as a direct attack on The 1619 Project, a venture from The New York Times that looked to shine a light on the legacy of slavery and racism...
higher education Colleges and Universities Were Under Financial Strain Even Before the Pandemic A study by The Hechinger Report found that many colleges and universities were already facing downturns in enrollment, retention, tuition revenue and state appropriations before the coronavirus pandemic disrupted the school year. Senior editor Sarah Butrymowicz joined LX news to discuss how this added financial stress could change higher education post-pandemic.
international students A Brazilian Graduate Student Describes Living in Fear of Losing Her Student Visa Virginia Tech international PhD student Renata Carneiro describes the anxieties she faced back in March due to the Covid-19 pandemic and how she learned to successfully adapt to her school’s hybrid model of learning by staying in constant communication with her advisors and department.
student visas New Foreign Student Rules Part of Trump's 'Nativist and Nationalist Agenda': Human Rights Attorney A number of states and universities have filed lawsuits against the Trump Administration against a new order that could strip visas from foreign students who can’t study on campus due to the coronavirus. Wade McMullen, an attorney from the non-profit organization Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, says the new rules are part of the Trump Administration’s effort to shut down...
College With Covid-19 on the Rise, College Students Are Opting for Smaller Schools Closer to Home Texas’s Tarleton State University and other small schools are getting a boost in enrollment as the coronavirus pandemic makes traveling to large, distant schools less appealing to students. The university’s president James Hurley joins LX News to discuss the trend.
