As the Biden administration ponders student loan forgiveness, Dartmouth College will eliminate student loans from financial aid packages for undergraduate students, extending more grants instead.
Forgiveness of federal student loans, even partial forgiveness, appears to be a wildly unpopular idea in Utah, according to results of a recent Dan Jones & Associates poll.
President Joe Biden has talked about forgiving student loans. Many Utahns don’t like the idea according to a new Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll.
Utah s exit from the student loan processing business would mean creation of a state endowment estimated between $260 million and $300 million that would fund college scholarships and other programs, under legislation endorsed Wednesday by the Senate Education Committee.
Sale of $1.2 billion student loan portfolio that has been managed by Utah Higher Education Assistance Authority could glean $300 million for state scholarship endowment. tah Senate committee.