Toned Down Rhetoric, Cash Support for Students: Professors on Biden’s first 100 days
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"Student debt has gotten out of hand. And we have done nothing about it. The idea that this has to be is just wrong," said Sen. Schumer calling on President Biden to slash the student loan debt. Read the full story by @angrejjj https://brie.hunter.cuny.edu/hunterathenian/2021/05/schumer-wants-biden-to-cancelstudentdebt/
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Biden’s first 100 days got cash in the hands of college students, educational institutions, lowered the temperature of political discourse, according to @CUNY policy experts, read more on @roosevelthouse’s expert panel here: https://brie.hunter.cuny.edu/hunterathenian/2021/05/toned-down-rhetoric-cash-support-for-students-professors-speak-on-bidens-first-100-days/