UNITED STATES
More than 20 million low-income Americans stand to benefit from the enhanced income-driven student loan repayment programme announced on 22 August.
This is US President Joe Bidens latest response to the 30 June decision of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) which held that the debt-relief plan announced over a year ago in August 2022 lacked legislative authority and was therefore unconstitutional.
Since the SCOTUS decision, the administration has announced programmes totalling US$116 million to help Americans hobbled by high student debt.
Among these programmes is the forgiving of US$72 million in loans to students who attended the for-profit Ashford University (San Diego, California) because, according to the…
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