"Three months ago the Biden administration, with much fanfare, rolled out a plan for canceling some student debt. But in the past week, after 26-million borrowers had submitted applications for relief, two court rulings brought it to a halt," The Chronicle of Higher Education reports.

... “We’re in a pretty complicated place, and even if we sort of expected this stop-go nature, being in the middle of it creates a lot of confusion and anxiety for borrowers,” said Justin Draeger, president and chief executive of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, or Nasfaa. “Trying to keep track of multiple lawsuits and the technicalities just adds to the confusion.”

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Publication Date: 11/16/2022