Loan Forgivingness Terms
Dr. John R. Thelin's view
Political Views on Forgiving Student Loans
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Loan Forgiveness. Effect of Loan Forgiveness.

Forgiveness of your loan means that you are no longer required to repay some or all of your loan.

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Name of His Book

A History of American Higher Education

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The issue U.S. senators and representatives are pushing right now

Forgiving Student Loans

200

Loan Cancellation

When you’re no longer required to make payments on your loans due to your job, this is generally called cancellation

200

His Solution to College Affordability

Pell Grants

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Name of U.S. Secretary of Education 

Miguel Cardona

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Loan Discharge

If you’re no longer required to make payments on your loans due to other circumstances, such as a total and permanent disability or the closure of the school where you received your loans, this is generally called discharge

300

View on Forgiving Student Loans

He always liked the idea of the five year plan in which a student works in a service field and has something like 20% of the loan forgiven. He believes to simply forgive and forget all student loan indebtedness is drastic and probably unlikely.  What is hard to figure out is if some groups of institutions preyed on unsuspecting students to take out massive loans. And, also, how is that a student

300

Objects The Senators and Representatives Want To Remove

 Impediments, bureaucracy and roadblocks (2/3 = correct

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Public Service Loan Forgiveness 

If you are employed by a government or not-for-profit organization, you may be able to receive loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program.

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The University that Dr. Thelin teaches and research at.

University of Kentucky

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Percent of Student Loan Forgiveness Applications That Have Been Rejected

98%

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Teacher Loan Forgiveness

If you teach full-time for five complete and consecutive academic years in a low-income elementary school, secondary school, or educational service agency, you may be eligible for forgiveness of up to $17,500 on your Direct Loan or FFEL Program loans.

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Dr. Thelin's actions in the 1970s-1980s in regards to student loans

Policy analyst and delegate at the federal and state level back in the 1970s and early 1980s.

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Name of Either Member of Congress Mentioned That Wrote the Letter to the Secretary of Education (If you get both, double points!)

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) or Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)

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