Over 26m student loan borrowers are waiting for the country’s highest court to decide if they can receive debt relief
Debt-laden borrowers will be nervously watching the US
Supreme Court come February when the justices hear arguments for two cases that will ultimately decide the fate of over 26 million student loan borrowers who have applied for loan forgiveness.
Though the future of student loan forgiveness is uncertain in the hands of a deeply conservative court, two researchers who have studied public opinion on student debt and college accessibility see room for optimism, even amid uncertainty around the issue.