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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Alex Woodward

Biden to cancel nearly $6bn in student loan debt for Corinthian Colleges attendees

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Joe Biden’s administration has moved to cancel $5.8bn in student loan debt held by borrowers who attended now-defunct Corinthian Colleges, a group of for-profit schools that faced federal and state investigations for fraud, administration officials have announced.

The move, first reported by The Hill and to be formally announced on 2 June, will mark the single largest discharge of student loan debt in the history of the US Department of Education.

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