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[OPINION] How Biden’s Student Debt Relief Plan could affect SUNY students – or not

Chloe Kowalyk
Reading Time: 3 minutesCHLOE KOWALYK          Managing Editor The crushing reality for 43.5 million Americans is that they have federal student loan debt (Education Data Initiative). That’s about 13% of the total population of the United States.  On Aug. 23, 2022, the Biden-Harris Administration announced plans to ease that debt. The Administration hoped to......
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[OPINION] The New York State budget – how it impacts Fredonia

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesDAN QUAGLIANA  Special to The Leader  Last November, New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) was elected to her first full term in office. Hochul’s election was widely seen as a positive development for SUNY colleges, especially Fredonia.  Throughout her time in office, Hochul has made it a priority to revitalize......
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Fredonia’s Strategic Plan – the answer to the budget problems?

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesDAN QUAGLIANA  Special to The Leader  There is an open secret around campus that SUNY Fredonia is running a budget deficit. In a nutshell, this means that the university is spending more money than it brings in.  According to a WKBW article published on Dec. 22, 2022, “the UUP [United......
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How will COVID affect SUNY Fredonia’s budget?

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesTANNER TRUAX Special to The Leader  SUNY Fredonia continues to hemorrhage as COVID-19 stretches an already thin budget.  How much of a hemorrhage?  Nothing a bandage could cover. “We anticipate borrowing 1.2 million dollars at the end of this year,” said Mike Metzger, vice president for finance and administration. This......
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SUNY Fredonia responds to scholarship reduction rumors

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesJAMES MEAD Web Editor If you’ve been following Fredonia’s response to COVID-19, you’ve likely heard rumors about how budget cuts may affect scholarships. On May 6, a Fredonia student posted on Facebook that he had been contacted by Student Accounts and informed that his Fredonia-granted scholarships for this semester, totaling......
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Uncle Sam is cutting us a check, but will it work?

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesSETH MICHAEL MEYER Staff Writer If you are like me and about 70 million other Americans, by the Treasury Department’s estimates, you may have, or will be receiving a check from the Federal Government in a compensatory consolation for the world being on shutdown. The direct payment to the people,......
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