DAILY NEWS 12/16/2019

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DAILY NEWS 12/16/2019

 

 

IFAP NOTICES

IFAP Notice: Christmas And Holiday Processing Times For Federal Student Aid

IFAP Notice: Next Generation Federal Student Aid Website Consolidation

 

 

FINANCIAL AID NEWS

Trump Administration Preparing To Experiment With Income-Share Agreements For A Limited Number Of Student Loans

Feds Drop Experiment On Competency-Based Education

Congress Finalizes Bill To Help Students Pay Back Loans

PHEAA Explained: How An Obscure State Agency Became One Of The Nation’s Largest Student Loan Servicers

 

 

BORROWERS DEFENSE TO REPAYMENT NEWS

Secretary DeVos Blames The Obama Administration For Problems With Processing Borrowers Defense Claims; She Inherited 64,000 Cases From The Previous Administration And They Had No System In Place How To Properly process Them

Backlog Of Student Debt Relief Claims Is Now Almost 300,000 People, But US Department Of Education Has Now Created System To Process Claims And Backlog Expected To Be Clear In Twelve Months

Secretary DeVos Testifies To Congress On Borrowers Defense To Repayment And Withstands Hours Of Assaults By House Democrats

 

 

OTHER HIGHER ED NEWS

New Data Shows Continuing Decline In Student Spending On Course Material And Textbooks

The Cost Of College Increased By More Than 25% The Last Ten Years; Here Is Why