Under the plan, borrowers can qualify for up to $10,000 in federal student loan forgiveness, and recipients of Pell Grants are eligible for an additional $10,000 in forgiveness. Only borrowers earning under $125,000/year or $250,000/year for a married couple filing taxes jointly will qualify.
- Bryce McKibben, Senior Director of Policy and Advocacy for the Hope Center for College, Community and Justice at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, weighed in on the impending student debt cancellation announcement in the Washington Post.
- Bryce McKibben was interviewed for a feature piece in Refinery29 about the impact of student loans and the efficacy of the cancellation plan.
- Mark Huelsman, Director of Policy and Advocacy at the Hope Center, was interviewed by MarketWatch about the cancellation plan, which could potentially eliminate student debt for 20 million borrowers.
- Mark Huelsman was also interviewed for a Washington Post piece explaining who qualifies for the student debt cancellation plan.
- Bryce McKibben weighed in on the potential bureaucratic challenges that could slow down the implementation of the cancellation plan for an article on Axios.