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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

CHAKRAVARTI: Prioritize Students, Alleviate Debt

CHAKRAVARTI: Prioritize Students, Alleviate Debt

By Priyasha Chakravarti April 1, 2023

President Biden’s administration announced last year that it would cancel up to $400 billion of student loans. There have been several U.S. Supreme Court hearings on the subject this month, but conservative...

Georgetown University | Students, parents and other members of the university community have had various reactions to the 4.9% increase in tuition for next school year, which university Provost Robert Groves announced in a Feb. 21 email.

Georgetown Raises Tuition Yet Again Amid Community Frustration

By Catherine Alaimo March 3, 2023

Georgetown University announced its decision to increase the annual undergraduate tuition rate by 4.9% for the 2023-2024 academic year, the second increase in the last two years.  In 2022, the...

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President Barack Obama’s proposed education budget for the next fiscal year focused on student debt and affordability issues, as well as STEM education.

Obama Budget Addresses Student Debt

By Lisa Burgoa February 23, 2016

President Barack Obama’s 2017 proposed education budget, released Feb. 9, aims to tackle issues of college debt and affordability as well as bolster science, technology, engineering and mathematics-related...

Democrats Propose Student Debt Bill

By Matthew Larson February 5, 2016

Senate Democrats introduced the Reducing Educational Debt Act on Jan. 21 in a campaign to alleviate student debt through a combination of three major bills for which the Democrats have lobbied over the...

Student Debt Repayment Modified

By Kristen Fedor February 27, 2015

Income-based repayment, which provides students with more flexibility in handling student debt, is becoming an increasingly popular option for repaying student loans, decreasing the emphasis on timeliness...

Loan Reforms Extend Eligibility

By Laura Owsiany September 9, 2014

President Obama expanded the federal "Pay As You Earn" program for federal student loan borrowers through executive order this summer, allowing those with loans borrowed before 2007 to be eligible. Under...

New Law Might Ease Student Debt

By Lily Westergaard March 19, 2012

Students struggling under heavy student loan debt may be able to apply for loan forgiveness within 10 years of graduation, thanks to a new piece of legislation drafted by Rep. Hansen Clarke (D-Mich., LAW...

Legal Battle Over GU Law Fees Ends

By Danny Funt November 22, 2010

A Georgetown Law student's year-long legal battle against the State Bar of California ended last month when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear his case in which he argued that he should be able to...

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