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Can Biden's plan for 'Education Beyond High School' solve the student loan crisis? In the race for the US Presidency, former VicePresident (and now President) Joe Biden put forward a higher education policy platform focused on community colleges, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority-Serving Institutions. In addition to increasing investment in these colleges and institutions, his plan would make tuition debt free for those who attend two years of community college or high-quality training programs, and it involves some limited debt forgiveness. Currently budgeted to cost approximately US$750 billion, the plan would be paid for by increasing taxes on the super wealthy and eliminating what the Biden campaign had called tax ‘loopholes’.
Dr Terri MacDonald, NTEU Policy & Research Officer
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