A bill introduced by Sen. Richard A. Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, would make adjunct professors eligible for a federal student-loan-forgiveness plan available to public servants, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education.
The Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program allows employees of nonprofit organizations-including full-time professors at public universities-to have their federal student loans forgiven after making 120 payments while working in that capacity.
The bill would extend eligibility for the program to adjunct professors, regardless of course loads.
