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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
World
Jem Bartholomew

‘We’re all going backwards’: dismay as Trump undoes Biden student-debt plan

person filing out paperwork
School teacher Kelly Elizabeth Belt fills out paperwork to payback her student loan while trying to navigate Trump administration policies, in Provo, Utah. Photograph: Jim Urquhart/Reuters

When Faith, a 33-year-old in Burlington, North Carolina, went back to get her master’s degree in higher education administration in 2020-21, she hoped it would accelerate her career growth and maybe even help her get on the housing ladder.

Now, Faith has federal student loan debts of $38,113, and a repayment schedule that is much more demanding than she realized so she feels like the program stalled her progress.

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