Tag: Cardona

Cardona Tells Arkansas Teachers Student Debt Relief Meant to ‘Prevent Defaults’

This article was originally published in Arkansas Advocate. U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona told a group of Arkansas educators Tuesday that the goal of the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness program “is to prevent defaults.” “Which is better, letting someone pay what they can afford or throwing our hands up and doing nothing?” Cardona asked […]

Cardona pledges fixes to FAFSA during budget hearing

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona defended his administration’s botched debut of a new federal student aid application, as Republican appropriators pressed the cabinet official to explain the cause of glitches that are now expected to require weeks of repair work. “There’s nothing more important right now at the Department of Education,” Cardona said Wednesday during a […]