An Edvisors ® survey with 1,143 respondents found that over 59% of respondents support student loan forgiveness. Edvisors conducted a study in July, through its proprietary ScholarshipPoints community. Student loan forgiveness has been a popular topic that has been discussed much over the last several years, but the COVID-19 pandemic has renewed public interest and once again brought the subject to the forefront of discussion in America.
Many families have dealt with unexpected negative financial consequences due to the pandemic, and the federal government responded by providing student loan debt relief. The relief offered was in the form of a temporary 0% interest rate and no requirement to make a payment from March 13, 2020, through Jan. 31, 2022 on U.S. Department of Education owned federal student loans. Now many are looking for further solutions to help alleviate the burden of the student loan debt crisis, especially when the deferment period ends early next year, and loan payments will once again become due.
Key survey takeaways:
- Over 59% of respondents support student loan forgiveness, and over 20% of respondents partially support student loan forgiveness
- Over 70.46% of respondents believe that President Biden should forgive student loans
- The overwhelming majority (70.48%) of respondents believe that anyone with private or federal student loans should qualify for student loan forgiveness.
- Over 30% of respondents believe that all outstanding student loan debt should be forgiven, followed by over 25% thinking that $25,000 is a fair amount to forgive, and over 20% that $10,000 is a fair amount to forgive
- The majority of respondents (70.16%) did not believe that charging interest on federal student loans is fair
- 73% of respondents feel that student loan forgiveness will solve the student loan debt crisis, and 27.94% are undecided
- When asked if they believe colleges/universities should be held partially responsible for the student debt crisis, over 77% of respondents said yes, that they should be
“Even though student loan forgiveness has been a hot topic over the past two years, it’s still quite eye-opening to see these numbers,” explains Elaine Rubin, Director of Corporate Communications. “While there are many factors that play into the resolution of the student debt crisis, it’s clear that the public is seeking a solution and student loan forgiveness is a leading idea to help achieve this goal.”
For more information and full survey results: Edvisors Student Loan Forgiveness Survey Results
Methodology:
Edvisors commissioned a nationwide online survey on their proprietary ScholarshipPoint.com website to members 13+. The survey received a total of 1,143 responses from July 1, 2021 – July 28, 2021. The primary focus of the survey is to get student opinions regarding federal and private student loan forgiveness. The sample’s demographics reflected Edvisors’ diverse audience with 21% of respondents identifying as African American, 15% of respondents identifying as Latin/Hispanic, and 14.23% identifying as Asian.
About Edvisors
For more than 20 years Edvisors has been known as one of the largest and most trusted resources to help students find their path to success. We work to provide information from both our professional and personal experiences, to help individuals through college and beyond. Every year, millions of students and their families turn to the company’s flagship site, Edvisors.com, for timely and accurate information, advice and tools that help them confidently make the best decisions about paying for college. Edvisors owns ScholarshipPoints.com, where students have been awarded over $1 million to date, and PrivateStudentLoans.com, which helps borrowers find private loan solutions during school and in the refinancing stage.
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LexisNexis Shortlisted for Six AMEC Awards
The International Awards Program Recognizes Best Practices in Research, Measurement, Insight, and Analysis
October 20, 2021 — NEW YORK CITY, NY — LexisNexis Legal & Professional, a leading provider of content and technology solutions, was shortlisted for six awards by the International Association of Measurement and Evaluation of Communication (AMEC). Now in its 19th year, the global awards program recognizes and celebrates the importance of research, measurement, insights, and analytics.
“Being nominated in these categories reflects not only the achievements and results of our clients, but the trust they put in our team to deliver against their communication goals,” said Jean-Christophe Lahary, Head of Project and Solution Management team at LexisNexis. “It’s rewarding to have our contributions recognized by AMEC.”
The company was recognized for its contributions to a wide range of measurement programs, including evaluating a travel and tourism company’s media coverage as the COVID-19 pandemic spread; using measurement to identify high-ROI PR tactics amidst budget challenges; and validating the impact one communications team had on its media performance.
These efforts were led by the company’s Nexis® Media Intelligence and Research & Analytics service. The service combines media metrics and human analysis to understand how traditional and social media performance contributes to an organization’s goals and objectives.
LexisNexis was shortlisted in all six of the categories it was nominated for, including:
- Best Multi-Market Reporting
- Plain Language Award for Simplicity in Campaign Effectiveness Measurement and Reporting
- Most Effective Planning, Research and Evaluation in Consumer Communications
- Most Effective Planning, Research and Evaluation in the Public and Not-for-Profit Sectors
- Most Effective Planning, Research and Evaluation: Middle East and Africa
- Most Effective Planning, Research and Evaluation: The Americas
2021 was a record-setting year for entries to the AMEC Awards. Finalists’ submissions will now be reviewed by the judging panel, and winners will be announced in November.
For more information about the awards, visit amecorg.com/awards/2021-awards-shortlist.
About LexisNexis Legal & Professional
LexisNexis Legal & Professional® is a leading global provider of legal, regulatory and business information and analytics that helps customers increase productivity, improve decision-making and outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis® services. LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 160 countries with 10,400 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers.
About the AMEC
AMEC is the world’s largest media intelligence and insights professional body, representing organisations and practitioners who provide media evaluation and communication research. AMEC has grown from seven members to nearly 200 in its 25th anniversary year, representing organisations based in 86+ countries, and more than 1,000 professionals dedicated to measurement and evaluation best practices across the globe. AMEC thinks and operates internationally, forming working groups from different countries to work together on new initiatives, all reinforced by its vibrant chapters in Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America and North America.
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Edvisors® Releases 2022–2023 Guide to Filing the FAFSA
Las Vegas, Oct. 12, 2021 – Edvisors® 2022-2023 Guide to Filing the FAFSA has been released. Every year thousands of families come to our site to learn about what to expect from the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) application process. Our guide not only provides useful written information, but we also have provided helpful videos to guide students and families along the way.
“Applying for financial aid is a necessary part of the college process for millions of students.” Explains Elaine Rubin, Director of Corporate Communications at Edvisors. “While it may be an application that is dreaded, it is manageable. We work hard to focus our information and resources to help ease the anxiety around the FAFSA process. This year’s guide is no exception.”
Our FAFSA Guide will not only help students through the application process including financial reporting, but it also explains what they can expect after submitting the application and how to go about requesting a financial aid appeal. Students and parents can find our 2022-2023 Guide to Filing the FAFSA and other materials at www.edvisors.com/fafsa/guide/. To watch our YouTube videos covering the FAFSA process, visit our Edvisors YouTube channel.
In addition to the 2022-2023 Guide to Filing the FAFSA and other resources, Edvisors provides free, direct assistance to our site visitors who have questions about the financial aid process and repaying student loans through Ask the Edvisor®.
About Edvisors: For 20 years we have been known as one of the largest and most trusted resources to help students find their path to success. Everyone needs to find their own path, and we know that first-hand. We work to provide information from both our professional and personal experiences, to help individuals through college and beyond. Every year, millions of students and their families turn to the company’s flagship site, Edvisors.com, for timely, accurate information, advice and tools that help them confidently make the best decisions about paying for college. Additionally, Edvisors owns ScholarshipPoints.com, where students earn points to enter scholarship drawings (the site has awarded over $1 million to date); PrivateStudentLoans.com, which helps borrowers find private loan solutions during school and in the refinancing stage. Founded in 1998, Edvisors is based in Las Vegas, Nevada. More information can be found at www.edvisors.com.
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Ajax Smart Alarm Surpasses 1 Million Users
The company continues to grow rapidly and plans to enter new markets soon, including the United States
Ajax Systems, one of the biggest manufacturers of professional security systems with smart home capabilities, today announced that it has crossed a milestone of 1 million users in 120 countries globally. Recognized as the most award-winning wireless security system in Europe, Ajax smart alarm ensures protection of different types of premises from intrusion, fire and flood, as well as delivers home automation features.
Ajax’s success has been primarily driven by its innovations, namely proprietary technologies like Jeweller, Wings and OS Malevich, along with a great focus on user experience for both professionals and end-users.
“Rethinking burglar alarms in 2015, we took the quality user experience as a basis,” said Valentine Hrytsenko, CMO at Ajax Systems. “We designed convenient mobile apps for remote setup and control, elaborated installation to make it hassle-free and developed a proprietary wireless connection to ensure reliability. And today, such an approach allows us to gain loyalty in a geometric progression. A year ago, the number of Ajax users was at 500 000, and today it is 1,000,000.”
The current Ajax product line consists of 36 devices for indoor and outdoor security, including motion, fire, and leak detectors, as well as control panels (hubs), sirens, range extenders, keypads, panic buttons, and devices for home automation.
Thanks to the system’s flexibility and opportunity to provide comprehensive security regardless of the premise size or location, Ajax alarm is widely implemented for protection not only of private and commercial property but also government and public facilities. Some most notable projects with an Ajax alarm installed include Vernadsky Research Base in Antarctica, the Deutsches Museum in Munich, and wooden architecture in the Berger downtown, Norway, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Employing over 1,800 people, Ajax Systems has recently opened its second plant in Ukraine in order to increase production output. The manufacturer is actively preparing for its next big geographical expansion: with FCC and IC certificates received, Ajax will now be present wherever the 915 MHz frequency band is used. It means the system will shortly enter such markets as the US, Canada, Australia, Latin America, and Southeast Asia.
For more information, please visit: https://ajax.systems/
About Ajax Systems
Ajax Systems is a Ukrainian-based manufacturer of professional alarm systems. The company was founded in 2011 by Aleksandr Konotopskyi. In 2015, Ajax Systems launched production in Kyiv and raised the first $1 million from the SMRK fund, and then $10 million from Horizon Capital in 2019 to ramp up global expansion. In 2021 Ajax was included in the list of 30 Best Startups by Forbes Ukraine, in 3rd place after Gitlab and Grammarly.
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LexisNexis Extends Multi-year Content Agreement with The New York Times
Agreement provides LexisNexis customers with continued access to all articles, blog content, and real-time news feeds from one of the world’s most trusted news sources
NEW YORK, September 20, 2021 – LexisNexis® Legal & Professional, a leading global provider of information and analytics, today announced a multi-year extension of its global licensing agreement with The New York Times.
The agreement extends a 40-year relationship between LexisNexis and The New York Times. It ensures continued availability of news stories and editorial coverage from The New York Times via Nexis®, a flagship news and business product, as well as Lexis+ and other products across the legal and professional portfolio. New to the relationship is the inclusion of expanded rights in the media monitoring space, further strengthening an ongoing commitment to provide the most comprehensive set of global news and social content in the media intelligence market. Legal markets will continue to have full access to The New York Times content in addition to news from the Wall Street Journal, Law360 and American Lawyer Media, ensuring LexisNexis continues to be a one-stop shop for legal research.
“The extension of our agreement with The New York Times demonstrates our commitment to delivering the best possible data and content to our customers,” said Todd Larsen, President, Nexis Solutions. “This agreement helps us provide customers with access to unparalleled news coverage to analyze the competitive landscape and deliver actionable insights to their clients.”
“The New York Times is a valued resource for businesses around the globe. This arrangement will continue The Times’s long-standing relationship with LexisNexis services, and we are pleased to offer LexisNexis users access to the quality, original journalism they want most to help them understand the world,” said Michael Greenspon, Global Head, NYTLicensing and Print Innovation, The New York Times.
With this agreement, LexisNexis continues to deliver the most comprehensive legal and news content from The New York Times and 40,000+ other premier sources.
For more information on LexisNexis® Legal & Professional, visit www.lexisnexis.com.
About LexisNexis Legal & Professional
LexisNexis Legal & Professional® is a leading global provider of legal, regulatory and business information and analytics that helps customers increase productivity, improve decision-making and outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis® services. LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 160 countries with 10,400 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers.
About The New York Times Company
The New York Times Company (NYSE:NYT) is a global media organization dedicated to enhancing society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news and information. The company includes The New York Times, NYTimes.com and related properties. It is known globally for excellence in its journalism, and innovation in its print and digital storytelling and its business model. Follow news about the company at @NYTimesPR.
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Nexis Newsdesk™ Earns SIIA CODiE™ Award for Fifth Consecutive Year
LexisNexis Media Monitoring Solution Secures Top Honor as Best Content Search & Discovery Solution
NEW YORK CITY, NY — LexisNexis® Legal & Professional, a leading provider of content and technology solutions, announced today that Nexis Newsdesk
was once recognized in the annual SIIA CODiE Awards, winning best Content Search & Discovery Solution. 2021 marks the fifth consecutive year that Nexis Newsdesk has received top marks from judges in the prestigious competition, the only peer-reviewed program to recognize the companies producing the most innovative business technology products across the country, and around the world.
“Newsdesk is proof that customer-driven innovations work,” said Todd Larsen, President of Nexis Solutions, “We have conversations with our customers regularly to ensure our solutions deliver the answers they need to be successful.”
An all-in-one media monitoring and analytics solution, Nexis Newsdesk enables insight discovery for brand messaging, reputation management, executive positioning, competitive intelligence and more. The platform earned praise this year for its intuitive interface, visual dashboard, powerful filtering and flexible alerts, providing a “very efficient and effective way to report on PR performance and opportunities,” according to the judges’ comments.
“It is always an honor to be recognized by your peers, and this year marks another milestone—securing a CODiE award for the fifth year in a row,” said Manon van der Velde, Vice President, Product. “We’d like to thank the SIIA and the CODiE judges.”
Acknowledged as the premier awards program for the software and information industries for over 35 years, the SIIA CODiE Awards are produced by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), the principal trade association for the software, education, media and digital content industries. Nexis Newsdesk was honored as one of 46 winners across the 43 business technology categories, including two categories in response to COVID-19.
“The products honored this year hold a particularly special place in the distinguished history of the CODiEs,” said SIIA President Jeff Joseph. “Many of these winners literally helped business survive, and even thrive, as the global business community transitioned to remote status due to the pandemic. All those honored today demonstrate the resilience of this dynamic industry. Innovation continued even in the face of an unprecedented challenging year.”
More information about the Awards is available at: siia.net/CODiE. Details about the winners are listed at https://history.siia.net/codie/2021-Winners
About LexisNexis Legal & Professional
LexisNexis Legal & Professional® is a leading global provider of legal, regulatory and business information and analytics that helps customers increase productivity, improve decision-making and outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis® services. LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 160 countries with 10,400 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers.
About Nexis® Solutions
Nexis Solutions, as part of LexisNexis® and the global RELX corporate family, connects customers to market-leading data through a flexible suite of scalable solutions, including our award-winning Nexis® Newsdesk media intelligence platform. By enabling fast access to a vast universe of enriched data with intelligent technologies, Nexis Solutions empowers Business, Media, Non-Profit, Government, and Academic organizations worldwide to quickly discover actionable insights that enable confident, performance-driving decisions.
About the SIIA CODiE Awards
The SIIA CODiE Awards is the only peer-reviewed program to showcase business and education technology’s finest products and services. Since 1986, thousands of products, services and solutions have been recognized for achieving excellence. For more information, visit siia.net/CODiE.
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