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Education Department issues loan forgiveness for certain borrowers, extends recertification deadline

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Department of Education (DOE) announced on February 21 that it will forgive $1.2 billion in loans for nearly 153,000 eligible borrowers. In addition, the deadline for student loan borrowers to recertify their income annually to remain in an IDR plan has been extended.

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Education council schedules site visits – January 2024

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The AVMA Council on Education has scheduled site visits to 10 schools and colleges of veterinary medicine for 2024.

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Education Department issues account adjustments for federal student loan borrowers

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Department of Education is applying account adjustments to all income-driven repayment plan borrowers who have reached enough payments for forgiveness.

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Education council schedules site visits – July 2023

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The AVMA Council on Education (AVMA COE) has scheduled site visits to six schools and colleges of veterinary medicine for the remainder of 2023.

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Education council schedules site visits – April 2023

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The AVMA Council on Education has scheduled site visits to 10 schools and colleges of veterinary medicine for the remainder of 2023.

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Educational debt repayment program awards $9M in 2022

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In 2022, the Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program (VMLRP) awarded nearly $9 million to 89 veterinarians in exchange for working in U.S. Department of Agriculture–designated veterinary shortage areas. This June, Congress took up legislation that would end the federal tax on program awards.

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Veterinary starting salaries rise in 2023, educational debt holds steady

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Mean starting salaries for veterinarians rose to just over $124,295 for graduates entering full-time employment in a year that also saw the mean debt-to-income ratio drop to 2004 levels, said Dr. Chris Doherty, AVMA’s assistant director for strategic business research and outreach, during the 2023 AVMA Business and Economic Forum, held virtually October (..)

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