Democratic lawmakers are highlighting the expanding problems with federal student loans in a preview of increased oversight over the Education Department.
The Education Department will likely face new congressional scrutiny over student loans and college funding after Democrats won huge victories in this week’s elections.
The balance of power will soon fundamentally shift across the country. And that may be very good news for struggling student loan borrowers. Here’s why.
You would think the long-time chair of the U.S. House of Representatives committee focused on education would be a steadfast champion of America’s students. But Representative Virginia Foxx — a 10-term Republican from North Carolina who is currently trailing Democrat...
Student loan borrowers filed a new class action lawsuit, alleging that the Education Department is unlawfully denying discharges of student loans based on school closure.
As Republicans appear to be increasingly likely to lose at least one chamber of Congress, President Trump signaled that he may support at least some student loan relief.
A key deadline for federal student loans hits some borrowers this week. But there’s still time to act, and even if the deadline passes, there will still be options.
The Education Department is facing multiple class action lawsuits over allegations that it is botching student loan discharges for thousands of borrowers.
Federal student loan borrowers filed a new lawsuit on Friday, accusing the Education Department of blocking PSLF, a popular federal student loan forgiveness program.
Hundreds of thousands of borrowers fell into default on their federal student loans this year, according to new Education Department data. And things are getting worse.
Millions of federal student loan borrowers are now at risk of facing massive tax penalties, an advocacy group warned this week, after Congress changed the tax code.
Some groups are saying that pausing student loans would be a better use of resources than sending people $5,000 checks, as President Trump has suggested.
Borrowers hoping to get student loan forgiveness through PSLF Buyback are encountering deepening problems and roadblocks that are blocking access on a mass scale.
The Education Department is in the process of implementing major reforms to student loan repayment programs, with particularly big changes to income-driven repayment.
The Education Department is preparing to start throwing some student loans off a key repayment plan by the end of September, as a key deadline approaches.
The Education Department has taken steps in recent weeks that may make harder for borrowers to reach their goal of discharging their student loans.
The Education Department has appealed two court rulings that had blocked proposed new rules to restrict student loan forgiveness under PSLF.
Leading Democratic senators are demanding answers from student loan giant MOHELA after the servicer allegedly hit many borrowers with false delinquency notifications.
Several simultaneous data issues impacting PSLF are combining to create a perfect storm, causing PSLF credits to be reversed for an unknown number of student loans.
The updates provide new details on reforms that are broadly impacting federal student loans, and they emphasize the importance of making “on-time” payments.
Advocacy groups are raising alarms over the Education Department’s recent rollback of PSLF credit, warning It could result in the reinstatement of forgiven student loans.
There are some indications that the process for getting student loans forgiven through the PSLF Buyback program is improving. But uncertainty remains.
The Education Department has publicly confirmed that it is reversing some student loan forgiveness credit. But many questions remain, and borrowers are in the dark.
The Education Department sent out a new wave of so-called “golden letters” this week, notifying qualifying borrowers that they will get their student loans forgiven.
The Education Department has quietly implemented new rules that may create significant new barriers for borrowers trying to get their student loans forgiven.
The challengers hope to block the Education Department from forcing SAVE plan borrowers to move their student loans onto other, more expensive, repayment plans.
An apparent Education Department data error is causing student loan forgiveness credit to be wiped out overnight, setting borrowers back and causing widespread panic.
As borrowers struggle, some groups are calling on President Trump and Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to suspend payments and interest on student loans.
A major student loan servicer has been erroneously notifying borrowers that their student loans are severely delinquent on payments, according to reports.
Student loan borrowers who tried to revive the SAVE plan suffered a legal setback last week. But another legal challenge is ongoing.
Borrowers are seeing their student loan payments jump by $500 or more as they are forced out of a popular repayment plan, according to a new report released last week.
The Education Department is offering a new interest rate incentive for federal student loans, and time is running out to sign up. But borrowers should be careful.
The Education Department has begun notifying student loan borrowers who had applied for income-driven repayment plans that, due to an error, they must now reapply again.
Borrowers may have less time to move their student loans to a different repayment plan than previously said, as the Education Department sent out a new wave of notices.
A federal appeals court rejected a challenge to a landmark settlement agreement, and required the Education Department to continue discharging federal student loans.
Major changes to the rules governing federal student loans went into effect this month and are rippling across the system. Here’s a breakdown of the biggest updates.
