HIGHER EDUCATION

There’s a lot of disagreement on higher education these days. One exception to all the discord, at least so far, is Pell Grants.

Nursing is a demanding job in the best of times. But during the COVID-19 pandemic, long hours, illness and stress caused many caregivers to burn out and leave the profession. Pennsylvania’s rural hospitals were especially hard hit, with vacancy rates of 28 percent for nursing support staff and 26 percent for registered nurses. But there’s…

The school, which had been experiencing declining enrollments and revenue for more than a decade, vowed to help students transfer to other schools in the city such as Temple and Drexel universities and the Moore College of Art and Design.

Friday’s announcement is just the latest round of student debt cancellation enacted by the Biden administration, which has approved relief for more than 4.3 million people so far, including 112,510 people in Pennsylvania.

The president’s plan builds on existing debt cancellation efforts and would extend loan relief to more than 30 million borrowers.

Through improvements to the public service Loan Forgiveness Program, the Biden administration has canceled loans for more than 871,000 public service workers.

State Sen. Tracy Pennycuick (R-Montgomery) went on a tirade about affordable higher education costs during Thursday’s Senate Appropriations Hearing and told inner city kids to join the military if they want a free college education. The interaction between Pennycuick and Pennsylvania Department of Education Secretary Khalid Mumin occurred when Mumin was testifying about Gov. Josh…

President Joe Bident’s administration announced last week that they forgave $1.2 billion in student loan debt for 153,000 borrowers enrolled in the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) repayment program.

The new proposal will focus on providing debt relief to those with older loans or loans with large sums of interest; those with high-cost, unavoidable child care or health care expenses; borrowers who are highly likely to default; and others who face “financial hardship.”

According to US News and World Report, the average cost of in-state tuition for a public university is $10,662. Most of Pennsylvania’s state universities cost more than that.