Coverage dated April 30, 2024 to May 2, 2024

Biden forgives $6.1 billion in debt for former Art Institutes students

Headline from Courthouse News Service

Officials said the school lied about its post-graduation employment rates, salaries and career services.

Courthouse News Service's own description from its feed. We collect headlines and these descriptions, not full articles; read the original reporting below.

Earlier updates in this story

Read the reports

Reports & sources

48 articles, oldest first.

  1. New York Times

    Biden Cancels $6.1 Billion in Debt for Former Art Institute Students (opens New York Times)

    Published

    New York Times's feed description

    The announcement covers 317,000 former students and marks another step in the administration’s student loan relief efforts.

  2. CNN

    Biden to cancel $6 billion in student debt for borrowers misled by The Art Institutes, a former for-profit college group (opens CNN)

    Published

    CNN's feed description

    The Biden administration said Wednesday that it has approved the cancellation of more than $6.1 billion in student loan debt held by 317,000 borrowers who previously attended The Art Institutes, a now-defunct network of for-profit colleges.

  3. New York Post

    Biden forgives student loans of 317K art students ‘cheated’ by school promising careers (opens New York Post)

    Published

    New York Post's feed description

    The White House announced that President Biden had ordered a write-off $6.1 billion in student debt for about 317,000 people who attended the Art Institutes.

  4. Courthouse News Service

    Biden forgives $6.1 billion in debt for former Art Institutes students (opens Courthouse News Service)

    Published

    Courthouse News Service's feed description

    Officials said the school lied about its post-graduation employment rates, salaries and career services.

  5. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Biden administration forgives $6.1 billion in student debt for 317,000 former Art Institute students (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

    Published

    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    The Biden administration announced that it would forgive more than $6.1 billion in student debt for 317,000 former students of the Art Institutes.

  6. Insider

    317,000 student-loan borrowers are getting $6.1 billion in debt canceled after being misled about career prospects and how much money they could make after graduation (opens Insider)

    Published

    Insider's feed description

    Student-loan borrowers who enrolled at any Art Institute campus from January 1, 2004, to October 16, 2017, will receive automatic debt cancellation.

  7. Investopedia

    Biden Cancels $6.1 Billion in Debt For Students Misled By The Art Institutes (opens Investopedia)

    Published

    Investopedia's feed description

    The Biden administration said it will forgive more than $6.1 billion in student debt for more than 300,000 former students of The Art Institutes.

  8. The Washington Free Beacon

    Biden Announces $6.1 Billion Student Loan Relief for Art Institute Attendees (opens The Washington Free Beacon)

    Published

    The Washington Free Beacon's feed description

    President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced the approval of more than $6.1 billion in student loan debt relief for nearly 317,000 borrowers who were enrolled at any Art Institute campus from January 2004 until October 2017.

  9. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Former students of the for-profit Art Institutes are approved for $6 billion in loan cancellation (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

    Published

    Minneapolis Star Tribune's feed description

    The Biden administration on Wednesday said it will cancel $6 billion in student loans for people who attended the Art Institutes, a system of for-profit colleges that closed the last of its campuses in 2023 amid accusations of fraud.

  10. The Boston Globe

    Biden administration to clear $6.1 billion in debt of former Art Institutes students (opens The Boston Globe)

    Published

    The Boston Globe's feed description

    The Biden administration will forgive $6.1 billion in debt held by 317,000 former students of the defunct for-profit chain the Art Institutes, marking one of the Education Department’s largest group discharges of federal student loans.

  11. NBC Los Angeles

    Biden forgives $6.1 billion in student debt for borrowers misled by Art Institute (opens NBC Los Angeles)

    Published

    NBC Los Angeles's feed description

    The Biden administration announced that it would forgive more than $6.1 billion in student debt for 317,000 former students of The Art Institutes, the...

  12. ABC 11 Raleigh

    Biden to cancel $6B in student debt for borrowers misled by The Art Institutes (opens ABC 11 Raleigh)

    Published

    ABC 11 Raleigh's feed description

    $6.1 billion in student loan debt is being canceled for borrowers who previously attended The Art Institutes.

  13. Time

    Biden Cancels $6B in Debt for Former Students of the Art Institutes (opens Time)

    Published

    Time's feed description

    The Biden administration said it will cancel $6 billion in student loans for people who attended the Art Institutes, a system of for-profit colleges.

  14. Forbes

    Biden Approves 317,000 Borrowers For Group Student Loan Forgiveness And Refunds Of Payments (opens Forbes)

    Published

    Forbes's feed description

    The Biden administration announced that more than 300,000 borrowers will receive $6.1 billion in automatic student loan forgiveness, plus other relief.

  15. Newsweek

    Joe Biden Cancels Billions in Student Debt (opens Newsweek)

    Published

    Newsweek's feed description

    President Joe Biden has canceled $6.1 billion of student debt for 317,000 borrowers.

  16. Wyoming Public Media

    Biden forgives more than $6 billion in loans for 317,000 Art Institutes students (opens Wyoming Public Media)

    Published

    Wyoming Public Media's feed description

    President Biden announced the relief for attendees of the now-shuttered art schools, saying they "falsified data, knowingly misled students, and cheated borrowers into taking on mountains of debt."

  17. CBS News

    Biden (opens CBS News)

    Published

    CBS News's feed description

    Students who attended the New England Institute of Art will have their debt forgiven.

  18. WHDH Boston

    Biden to cancel $6 billion in student debt for borrowers misled by The Art Institutes, a former for-profit college group - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

    Published

    WHDH Boston's feed description

    Washingotn (CNN) — The Biden administration said Wednesday that it has approved the cancellation of more than $6.1 billion in student loan debt held by 317,000

  19. Philadelphia Inquirer

    $6 billion in Art Institute student loans approved for cancellation: 5 things to know (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

    Published

    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    The Biden administration announced it will cancel $6 billion in student loans for students who attended the Art Institutes, a system of now-closed for-profit colleges that were the center of fraud.

  20. CBS News

    Biden forgives $6.1 billion in student debt for 317,000 borrowers. Here (opens CBS News)

    Published

    CBS News's feed description

    The Biden administration said it's erasing debt for people who attended the for-profit Art Institutes, which shut down in September.

  21. Black Enterprise

    Biden Administration Announces $6B Cancellation Of Art Institute Student Debt For 317K Borrowers (opens Black Enterprise)

    Published

    Black Enterprise's feed description

    President Biden has kept student debt cancellation at the forefront after the Supreme Court blocked a broader loan forgiveness plan in 2023.

  22. Los Angeles Times

    $6.1 billion in student loan debt canceled for enrollees at for-profit Art Institutes (opens Los Angeles Times)

    Published

    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    The Biden administration has forgiven $6.1 billion in student loan debt for people who attended the now-defunct, for-profit Art Institutes in the U.S.

  23. Latin Times

    Biden administration forgives $6.1 billion in student debt for attendees of school accused of fraud (opens Latin Times)

    Published

    Latin Times's feed description

    The decision impacts 317,000 borrowers who attended The Art Institutes

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.