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STLCC/Boeing partnership program surpasses major milestone

1 year 10 months ago
A partnership between St. Louis Community College’s Workforce Solutions Group and Boeing St. Louis is celebrating a major milestone. The partnership has resulted in 1,214 program participants being hired by Boeing. The partnership grew from an effort in 2007 to support new program contracts and program growth, and address a talent shortage due to retirements. Boeing St. Louis needed to create a sustainable pipeline for future hiring. The Boeing St. Louis Pre-Employment Training program has focused…
St. Louis Community College

Missouri company plays central role in downfall of Biden loan forgiveness program

1 year 10 months ago
At the center of the U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program on Friday was a little-known Missouri nonprofit that goes by MOHELA. Based in St. Louis, the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority is a quasi-governmental entity created by state lawmakers in 1981 to service student loans. And when former Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt went looking for legal standing in order to bring a lawsuit challenging the president’s program, he relied…
Annelise Hanshaw

Supreme Court reveals decision on student loan forgiveness

1 year 10 months ago
A sharply divided Supreme Court on Friday effectively killed President Joe Biden’s $400 billion plan to cancel or reduce federal student loan debts for millions of Americans. The 6-3 decision, with conservative justices in the majority, said the Biden administration overstepped its authority with the plan, and it leaves borrowers on the hook for repayments that are expected to resume in the fall. Biden was to announce a new set of actions to protect student loan borrowers and would address…
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