Policy

UC Strike Expected to Inspire Further Campus Organizing

UC Strike Expected to Inspire Further Campus Organizing

Although graduate workers have seen benefits from striking, since minoritized students are often subject to barriers that prevent them from attending graduate school, the strikes do not benefit everyone equally, according to Dr. Charles H.F. Davis III, an assistant professor in the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education at the University of Michigan.

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Biden Cancels Up to $20,000 of Student Debt

Biden Cancels Up to $20,000 of Student Debt

The moment has finally arrived. The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that it is moving forward with its promise to partially cancel student debt.

Biden also announced the student loan repayment pause, issued due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will cease at the end of this year. These changes come on top of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness waiver and debt cancellation of students defrauded by predatory institutions, totaling $32 billion in student debt relief for 1.6 million Americans.

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