New York Times: “The Education Department said on Thursday that new caps on federal loans for graduate school would take effect on July 1, a move aimed at cutting the cost of postsecondary education.”
“The loans will be limited to $20,500 per year and $100,000 in total, while loans for professional students, including those seeking medical or law degrees, will face annual caps of $50,000 and a lifetime limit of $200,000.”
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.