Federal hearings seek to reverse Trump-era student loan rules

“The whole system is horrible,” said Hillary Meister, 62, a Georgia State University web coordinator involved with the group.

Meister borrowed about $40,000 in 1991 to pursue a master’s degree at the University of Georgia. Meister said her interest rate is 8{14f62f8d01b0e9e4416e7be29f093eee2960b1e4c60488fca25d8fca5b82c641}, more than her mortgage rate, and her debt is roughly $78,000 after past deferments. Her monthly payment before the pandemic was nearly $275 a month. She wants the federal government to, among other things, offer loan forgiveness to people near retirement. Meister also wants to see clearer rules about loan forgiveness. Federal data show, less than 6{14f62f8d01b0e9e4416e7be29f093eee2960b1e4c60488fca25d8fca5b82c641} of applicants for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program were eligible for the program, which forgives loans for borrowers working for the government or a nonprofit who have made 10 years worth of loan payments.

More attention has been paid to student loan debt in recent years as the combined total held by the federal government has reached $1.6 trillion, which is more than the nation’s total auto loan debt. There’s been pressure on President Joe Biden to cancel up to $50,000 per borrower. Biden has proposed canceling $10,000. Federal officials at the start of the coronavirus pandemic paused required payments and lowered interest rates to 0{14f62f8d01b0e9e4416e7be29f093eee2960b1e4c60488fca25d8fca5b82c641}. The pause is scheduled to end Sept. 30.

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Much of the ire of borrowers and student loan reform advocates is focused on for-profit and online colleges. The loan default rate at those schools operating in Georgia is often greater than 10{14f62f8d01b0e9e4416e7be29f093eee2960b1e4c60488fca25d8fca5b82c641}, much higher than the state’s public and private colleges and universities.

The schools typically recruit military veterans and working adults pursuing degrees to advance their careers. For-profit colleges were the only sector of higher education that saw enrollment increases on the undergraduate and graduate level last fall, 3{14f62f8d01b0e9e4416e7be29f093eee2960b1e4c60488fca25d8fca5b82c641} and 9{14f62f8d01b0e9e4416e7be29f093eee2960b1e4c60488fca25d8fca5b82c641} respectively, National Student Clearinghouse statistics show.

Many for-profit schools have been under scrutiny in recent years for deceptive marketing practices, trouble students have had transferring credits and getting jobs after graduation. A few, such as Argosy University, which had an Atlanta-area campus, have shut down, giving little notice to students.

Argosy University students wait inside the Atlanta-area campus to find out information on the future of the school in this March 2019 photo. The university closed for good a couple of days later. CURTIS COMPTON / [email protected]

Mykol Sutton attended the University of Phoenix in the mid 1990s and had to leave three courses short of a degree after exhausting the eligibility for undergraduate student loans. Sutton returned in 2013 and was told credits in core classes such as economics expired because the curriculum had changed, which would require Sutton to start from scratch.

“I would never recommend a for-profit school to anyone,” Sutton, who has about $120,000 in debt, said via email. “This was a life-long costly mistake.”

Federal education officials have what experts say is a large agenda of items they hope to address through the rulemaking hearings. Some are focused on for-profit schools.

One potential change is reviving guidelines crafted by the Obama administration that were aimed at for-profit colleges by limiting federal aid to schools that inadequately prepared students to find jobs. The Trump administration overhauled the “gainful employment” guidelines, saying in part it was too broad.

Trump’s education secretary, Betsy DeVos, argued the Obama administration rules often overreached in protections for students. She argued most borrowers got some educational value from for-profit colleges and merited partial, not full, relief from their federal loans. DeVos bashed the idea of complete debt cancellation and free tuition as “government gift giving.”

The Biden administration, in general, has a different approach.

Whitney Barkley-Denney, senior policy counsel for the Center for Responsible Lending, a nonprofit with offices in Washington, D.C., North Carolina and California, believes these hearings could be the start of major changes that could help borrowers.

“This feels like a course correction in hopefully getting to revisit some of the most damaging policies of the Trump administration’s Department of Education,” Barkley-Denney said.

Barkley-Denney is also curious to see what happens concerning enrollment contract clauses — primarily at for-profit colleges — that mandate arbitration in disputes between a school and borrowers instead of allowing students to pursue resolutions through lawsuits. The Obama administration effectively banned those contracts, but the Trump administration reversed those changes.

Yan Cao, a senior fellow at The Century Foundation, a progressive think tank with offices in New York and Washington, hopes the hearings will result in a greater focus on students. She said colleges and universities are typically involved in rulemaking discussions, not student representatives.

Cao, an expert on higher education policy, said the department has not used tools already in place to address some of the challenges that will be discussed this week.

“It’s really a question of enforcement and implementation … We just need to use them,” Cao said.

Continuing Coverage

Student loan debt nationwide is greater than the amount of money Americans owe on their auto loans. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is taking a periodic look at this issue. This is the latest report. To register to watch or speak at the hearings, go to https://www2.ed.gov/policy/highered/reg/hearulemaking/2021/index.html.

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Lockett wrote an article for The Signal last year asking that Georgia State’s next president be Black, but didn’t think it would happen.","_id":"Y5D6E7EOBZEIZEWIZESPU4NC7A","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1623354458915,"type":"text","content":"“I was kind of shocked,” Lockett said of Thursday’s announcement. “It’s a pleasant surprise.”","_id":"SBADC3SNGVBLNOYSHV6X5QEYLY","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1623354458916,"type":"text","content":"Many Georgia State students and faculty say the university needs to increase its racial and gender diversity on the graduate student, faculty and administrative levels. 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Brian Kemp called critical race theory a dangerous ideology as he urged the Georgia state Board of Education to adopt guidelines to prevent or discourage its teaching in Georgia.","_id":"SP55WQ6EEREIBLHA3LF7FCC6EY","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1622879237038,"type":"text","content":"Here are some helpful definitions and explanations of some of the issues that have come up in our coverage and in the statewide debates, reported and compiled by education reporters and editors at the AJC.","_id":"45CENVTRTFEHHGCBL2RHU72ADA","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1622879237039,"type":"text","content":"What is critical race theory?","_id":"JSJUIGYKC5HOZB7MC5HYNNMVUQ","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1622879237040,"type":"text","content":"Critical race theory, also known as CRT, is an academic concept based on the idea that racism is a social construct that is embedded in all aspects of our lives, including in legal systems and policies.","_id":"CMXMY5HVPJE57GVFSQHTJ2EEVU","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1622879237041,"type":"text","content":"CRT emerged more than 40 years ago as part of the framework for legal analysis created by legal scholars.","_id":"BDQZPFGTJVGIDKYHOZ3HUZLPBQ","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1622879237042,"type":"text","content":"Encyclopedia Britannica calls the theory a loosely organized framework based on the premise that U.S. legal institutions “are inherently racist insofar as they function to create and maintain social, economic and political inequalities between whites and nonwhites.”","_id":"6KIVXCTWJZH3BETGFM277HXHVU","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1622879237043,"type":"text","content":"The American Bar Association describes CRT as “not a diversity and inclusion ‘training’ but a practice of interrogating the role of race and racism in society that emerged in the legal academy and spread to other fields of scholarship.","_id":"OK5LMYYWRZF7XNQCQBIBNQ4EUM","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1622879237044,"type":"text","content":"Why is CRT controversial?","_id":"OLKM37C3VJCMFNWV6K3XDLQEXE","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1622879237045,"type":"text","content":"Critical race theory has become a flashpoint recently as it has been tied to schools’ efforts to implement diversity and inclusion initiatives and hire staff to oversee this work.","_id":"K7CDC3B7WJGN3HDL7VF374WRNA","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1622879237046,"type":"text","content":"Critics of CRT claim it discriminates against white people, can teach that they are oppressors while students of color, particular Black students, are victims.","_id":"WKCBHSFCKBEJ7AGHNOWOHCDIQA","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1622879237047,"type":"text","content":"Opposition to CRT and the New York Times’ 1619 Project, has grown across the country, with more than a dozen states having passed or considering legislation restricting how race and racism are taught in schools.","_id":"AY27LQPWZNHONB3GYGU4D3QLXI","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1622879237048,"type":"text","content":"What is The 1619 Project?","_id":"YQDGZ7676NBDZBZY5DTYJ7OGKA","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1622879237049,"type":"text","content":"The 1619 Project is a historical initiative launched by the New York Times in 2019, the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. It includes a collection of stories, essays, poems and photos from more than a dozen contributors. The project centers the country’s history on the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans. It led to a Pulitzer for commentary Nikole Hannah-Jones, one of the project creators. A podcast and school curriculum were developed, and two books based on the project are set to publish in the fall.","_id":"TFP7LMKRYJAS3HNSUOZEQUES3Q","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1622879237050,"type":"text","content":"The 1619 project has been criticised by former President Donald Trump and other conservatives who say the say the project and its premise are un-American. It has also been criticised by some historians who disputed the project’s interpretation of historical events.","_id":"23ENIETHLZHJLMNP6UU3MBZKLI","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1622879237051,"type":"text","content":"Is CRT currently taught in Georgia schools?","_id":"42NNG726D5B3BMITH2EYRJZK4M","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1622879237052,"type":"text","content":"It is unlikely that CRT itself is being taught in schools, but the concept may have influenced teachers as they wrote their own curriculum and led classroom discussions.","_id":"SPIHMHGSO5B7XGV5CWDQHRT7XA","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1622879237053,"type":"text","content":"The Georgia Department of Education does not mandate the teaching of any particular curriculum. Rather, the agency adopts standards about things students are expected to know and be able to do by certain grades. Some school districts adopt curriculum. Others leave it to teachers to write their own. 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Among the guidelines was affirmation that the board will not support, any K-12 public education resources or standards which indoctrinate students in social, or political, ideology or theory, or promote one race or sex above another; and that the board “believes” that schools should not teach that “an individual should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress on account of his or her race or sex...”","_id":"2TZKKDGES5CZDCGELGNRU266KY","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1622879237057,"type":"text","content":"The resolution also calls on the board to create formal rules around the stated education board beliefs.","_id":"O3XXXRD7G5CQHNNLFXDYP25JG4","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1622879237058,"type":"text","content":"Sources: The New York Times, Associated Press, Education Week, Georgia Board of Education","_id":"XYQEJVFGXZCYVLWRIJH22SLXIA","additional_properties":"comments":[],"_id":"Z2SRFNEGEBFTDJDRXQVQK4Z25I","type":"interstitial_link","content":"AJC coverage: The debate over discussing race and racism in Georgia schools","url":"https://www.ajc.com/education/discussing-race-racism-schools/","_id":"HR2DSFR5NZCF5F3WVBQQ7T2SVQ","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1594729076640,"type":"text","content":"
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Hundreds showed up at the May 20 Cherokee County School Board meeting denouncing a theory they say has ties to Marxism.","_id":"NDZVEQZZXJB7DCRN7SQDI4V7VA","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1622742799565,"type":"text","content":"Dr. Jillian Ford, an associate professor of social studies education at Kennesaw State University, said one of the tenets of the theory recognizes that racism is not an aberration, but a common thing that happens to people of color every day.","_id":"BG36RNKATRCVVEHGFQ6V6QRAXI","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1622722793385,"type":"text","content":"Opponents have misrepresented critical race theory to say that it teaches white people to think they are bad or inherently racist, Ford said.","_id":"ZNG4BAYDCVD5ZPR2EBSFRQW27Y","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1622722793386,"type":"text","content":"“Critical race theory is not about individual behavior,” she said. “Critical race theory is about systems and policies.”","_id":"EPYT5WSJANGTHL3DBZMDMLLRFQ","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1622592948460,"type":"text","content":"Still, the response captured attention across the state and caught school leaders flat-footed as the issue popped up before school boards in Forsyth, Cobb and Gwinnett counties.","_id":"QHBCDOI5WFCIBKV2HAUV6FVOV4","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1622257803288,"type":"text","content":"“I do not want to be called an oppressor because I’m white,” home-schooled student Sydney Zavieh, 12, told the Cherokee school board, adding that if parents want their kids to learn about America’s history with race, they can teach it at home.","_id":"2USMBERYB5CMXDUPIKI2GGX53U","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1622592948462,"type":"text","content":"National cultural war","_id":"KIZTEHHZR5DJFPPBIBHQWF6YYU","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1622756317509,"type":"text","content":"Proposals seeking to outlaw critical race theory or restrict how race is taught in schools are pending in at least 16 states, with Idaho, Oklahoma and Tennessee among those already enacting them. 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Atlanta elementary school teacher Tracey Pendley said teachers unfamiliar with the concept, may be teaching some aspects of it, such as the history of inequality in America and the importance of respect for all individuals.","_id":"ZM33BZXIWNGYZHFVBNJ657W7ZI","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1622716867693,"type":"text","content":"For her, it means teaching history from multiple points of view — that Christopher Columbus was a successful explorer who also enslaved Native Americans, that George Washington was an American war hero who also enslaved people and acquired their teeth for dentures, that John Brown was both enslaved and a killer of enslavers.","owner":"sponsored":false,"id":"ajc","copyright":"2021 Atlanta Journal-Constitution","address":"locality":"Atlanta","region":"GA","caption":"Tracey Pendley, APS teacher and 2020 Georgia Teacher of the Year awardee, speaks as APS teachers and supporters gather outside the Atlanta Public Schools headquarters to push for APS to delay reopening school buildings in this January 2021 file photo. 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The entire system has about 340,000 students, nearly 48,000 employees and a total annual budget of about $10 billion.","_id":"MSB5XR7KTRCODI2KWPYRYZJNZA","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1622835735140,"type":"text","content":"Wrigley’s annual compensation is about $524,000, about three times as much as the salary of Gov. Brian Kemp, who makes roughly $175,000 a year. Wrigley was the system’s executive vice chancellor for administration when he was named interim chancellor in 2016. Then-Gov. Nathan Deal recommended Wrigley for the job, which he took on permanently in 2017.","_id":"RG5FHXFADRB3JCYKVFJYPYZGQ4","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1622676608317,"type":"text","content":"The Regents, who oversee the system’s operations, are appointed by the governor for staggered seven-year terms. 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Matt Boedy, a University of North Georgia professor who is conference president of the Georgia chapter of the American Association of University Professors, points to the recent Florida State University presidential search process as an ideal approach. Three finalists were named before a nominee was selected. Georgia typically names one finalist. Boedy is also worried some candidates previously interested are now out of the mix.","_id":"HUGMCIYSCFHD5M6KKGDJD2IJBU","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1622813694404,"type":"text","content":"“What qualified candidates, seemingly implicitly rejected once already, are going to take that second call from the Regents?” Boedy asked. “Many probably have taken other jobs or withdrew from this search after learning about the early part of the process. ... The USG has had a national reputation for educational leadership. 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In Georgia, the list includes former Secretary of State Cathy Cox, who was president of Young Harris College and is now dean of Mercer University’s law school. Former Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens led Kennesaw State University for less than two years, leaving amid complaints of his handling of a police brutality and racial discrimination protest by a group of Black cheerleaders.","_id":"MFJ5NUBO5RCBZDYMN2QNFRQIBI","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1622813694406,"type":"text","content":"Hartle, who’s been involved in higher education for about 40 years, said the search process for a chancellor often takes six months to a year. 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Supply is tighter than normal, though, as safety protocols limit numbers and as providers that survived the loss of revenue last year scramble to find counselors amid a labor shortage.","_id":"2UOFMBLMSBFCDK2SBSFZSSOEDQ","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1621889510103,"type":"text","content":"“The race is on. Parents are eager to find camp experiences for their kids. Our data has really demonstrated there are more new families looking for camp than ever before,” said Tom Rosenberg an Atlanta resident and president and CEO of the American Camp Association.","_id":"Z7JF6KXG6JCL5FWZWCNKM72VVA","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1621889510104,"type":"text","content":"Parents are being pulled in different directions, though. 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Proud to announce that we have officially won our lawsuit against the state of Georgia’s anti-BDS law, which has been struck down as a result of our case! https://t.co/EwYqM1i9OY pic.twitter.com/vPDs5QAsiN

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The computer systems engineering major started writing flight software as an electronics team member for UGA lab’s NASA-sponsored mission during her sophomore year. A year later, Lin became the lead flight software engineer and assisted with additional testing and preparing the assembled satellite for handoff to the launch provider.","_id":"YO62HT2GTRBTND3QU5LX4TSU4M","additional_properties":"inline_comments":["pos":190,"comment":"around"],"comments":[],"_id":1620660494083,"type":"text","content":"What was the biggest challenge you faced pursuing your degree? “For me, it was being able to find that right balance between school and extracurriculars (like the research lab!). When I was a freshman/sophomore, I was very into the work I was doing for the lab — more than I was into classwork — and would pour almost all of my time into my lab tasks. 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I started joining student organizations, volunteer trips, etc. One at a time and one after another. By the end of my junior year, I had contributed meaningfully to five different initiatives/organizations and two work/research positions in the Rollins School of Public Health.”","_id":"6O726LABHNDJ5ODMFUNVQ5UWLQ","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1620909305334,"type":"text","content":"How did you overcome the challenge? “He learned by trying, which is very impressive,” said Yubin Park, an adjunct professor in the Department of Computer Science.","_id":"DQL3QWR2TRB6XNQVATRDNMZEJM","additional_properties":"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1620909305335,"type":"text","content":"Future plans? 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