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Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The U.S. Supreme Court issued two highly-anticipated rulings that have impacts on higher education. In the first case, the Court determined the Biden Administration lacked legal authority to provide student loan debt relief to certain borrowers. And in the second case, the Court ruled that use of race as a factor in college admissions (commonly known as Affirmative Action) is unconstitutional.
Last week, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) struck down a plan to provide mass student debt relief, invalidating President Joe Biden’s student loan debt relief plan.
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Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - 932 Alaskan high school students have been selected to receive the $12,000 UA Scholars Award to use at any University of Alaska campus.
Alaskaâs delegation in Congress has introduced a bill to enable the University of Alaska â with one of the smallest land endowments in the nation â to receive up to 360,000 acres in public land conveyances. U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and Rep. Don Young are sponsoring the University of Alaska Fiscal Foundation Act to facilitate additional land grants to the university. The University of Alaska has 110,000 acres in federal land grant entitlements. Universities use their land grants to raise money and offset the costs of higher education. Every state ...