“This bill contains significant new funding for higher education institutions that will help alleviate the crippling financial impact posed by the coronavirus,” the American Council on Education, which lobbies for colleges and universities, said in a statement.

As the U.S. House of Representatives began debating the Democrats' new $3 trillion coronavirus relief package, groups pushing for canceling student debt were disappointed by a late change in the legislation, called the HEROES Act.

As the U.S. House of Representatives prepared to vote today on a new coronavirus relief package that would give $500 billion in aid to states, news from Michigan illustrated what that aid would mean to higher education -- even though Senate Republicans have already declared the package, the HEROES Act, dead on arrival.

The ​National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators surveyed its member institutions about the disbursement of emergency aid grants to students and found that most are still struggling due to confusing and inconsistent guidance from the U.S. Department of Education.

Of the student athletes, five are currently seniors who will have exhausted their eligibility during the 2019-20 academic year, and two were unable to complete their senior year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and may seek to compete another year at a different institution if they so choose," the university said in another statement.