August 5, 2025

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Crypto

Venture capitalists are funding a new wave of crypto mania on college campuses

As crypto’s reputation undergoes a cautious rehabilitation in the court of public opinion, venture capital firms are funding a new wave of blockchain activity on college campuses. A group of specialist digital-asset investors — including Collab+Currency, Consensys Mesh, Artemis and Hydra Ventures — has pooled together roughly 600 Ether, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency and widely

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Loans

New cap on medical student loans, Grad PLUS eliminated

Much of the discussion around President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending bill, which he signed into law on the Fourth of July, has focused on big-ticket items like tax cuts and Medicaid. But a less flashy provision tucked into the bill could affect health care, too.The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” includes a section

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Funds

20-plus states sue Trump administration over frozen school funds

The Trump administration has frozen some $6 billion intended for education programs across the U.S. to ensure states and school districts align with the president’s priorities. Around two dozen states are now suing to get the money back.Some of the funding at stake impacts after-school and summer programs that nearly 1.5 million children across the

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Loans

University of Akron assessing impact of Grad PLUS loan elimination

How will Trump’s new spending bill affect student loans? President Donald Trump’s newly passed spending bill is set to overhaul the federal student loan system. unbranded – Newsworthy Local colleges are waiting to see what the impending elimination of a federal student loan program that helps cover the cost of attending graduate and professional schools

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Loans

Student loan repayment? OhioHealth says it will help its employees

Top headlines of the week, July 4 2025 Here are some stories you may have missed this week in central Ohio. Dispatch OhioHealth partners with Clasp to offer student loan repayment for future health care workers. The program aims to address staffing shortages and rising student debt in the health care industry. This initiative complements

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Loans

What happened to student loan forgiveness in ‘big, beautiful bill’?

Here’s what the Senate removed from Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Here’s whats left of Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” after Senate cuts due to the “Byrd rule.” President Trump’s spending bill introduces changes to student loan programs, including new borrowing caps and repayment plans. Graduate students will have a $100,000 lifetime borrowing cap, while medical

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Loans

Senate awaits ‘Big, Beautiful bill’ vote. How student loans may change

The winners and losers in the ‘big beautiful bill’ These are the potential winners and losers from the tax bill, which President Donald Trump has dubbed the ‘big beautiful bill’. Congress is closer than it’s been in a long time to massively reforming college financial aid. On June 10, GOP lawmakers in the U.S. Senate

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Loans

Default student loans sent to collections starting Monday

Trump administration begins sending default student loans to collections Starting Monday, the Education Department will resume reporting defaulted student loans to collections agencies, potentially affecting as many as 5 million borrowers. Updated: 5:20 AM CDT May 5, 2025 Washington Bureau Reporter The Department of Education will begin reporting defaulted student loans to collections agencies starting

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Loans

Wage garnishment for defaulted student loans starts in May

Student voices concern over the proposed SEPTA cuts during rally Social science honors student Jaylah Fitzgerald, from the Academy at Palumbo, addresses the crowd at the Save SEPTA rally against the proposed transit cuts Millions of student loan borrowers in default could see their wages garnished soon after the U.S. Department of Education announced it

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Loans

Collection on defaulted student loans to restart May 5

The change will lead to garnished wages and benefits for more than 5 million Americans starting this summer. Collection of defaulted student loans to resume May 5: What to know Since the pandemic, federal student loan borrowers have been mostly protected from the harshest consequences of defaulting. That’s about to change on May 5. WASHINGTON

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