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Critical questions about the transfer of student loans to the Treasury Department remain unanswered, even as new details about the plan are coming into focus.
More than 21,000 borrowers just got their federal student loans forgiven through income-driven repayment plans. But trouble looms on the horizon, and changes are coming.
Here’s what borrowers should know about this critical deadline to consolidate your student loans, who it applies to, and what happens if you miss it.
Student loan forgiveness programs are about to undergo some of the most significant updates in decades, and some borrowers could be completely cut off from relief.
The Education Department released new data indicating that more than 643,000 student loan borrowers remain stuck in backlogs for repayment plans and loan forgiveness.
Thousands of borrowers are facing extremely long wait times for a critical student loan forgiveness program. And processing may not be getting any faster.
The Education Department quietly announced that a critical tool allowing borrowers to track their progress toward student loan forgiveness will be restored.
The Education Department may be required to discharge the student loans for thousands of student loan borrowers after a critical deadline passed on Wednesday.
The Education Department sent out mass student loan discharge notices to borrowers this week, notifying them that their federal student loans will be cancelled.
The Trump administration is preparing to launch a brand new repayment plan for student loans. But questions remain about the true benefits of the upcoming new program.
The Education Department made a small but very major change to a federal student loan forgiveness program last week that could lead to significant new costs for borrowers.
A major new court ruling paves the way for the Education Department to automatically discharge the student loans of roughly 205,000 borrowers.
The Education Department will begin forcing millions of student loan borrowers in an income-driven repayment plan to change programs in the coming weeks.
Federal student loans are about to go through one of the most significant transitions in a generation, as the Education Department transfers operations to Treasury.
The Education Department announced that it will be transferring operational responsibility for federal student loans to the Department of Treasury.
A federal appeals court is set to hear arguments this week on the Education Department’s request to delay student loan relief for thousands of borrowers.
A major deadline for certain federal student loans is only two weeks away, and failing to act could be a costly mistake for hundreds of thousands of borrowers.
The Education Department indicated this week that student loan forgiveness approvals may surge during the second half of March. Here’s why.
In an ominous sign for student loan borrowers, the Education Department published new data indicating that backlogs for repayment plans and loan forgiveness are ongoing.
The Education Department forcefully defended a new rule that would strip student loan forgiveness eligibility for public service employers under the PSLF program.
Millions of borrowers with federal student loans remain in limbo this week after a court again rejected attempts to immediately terminate a popular repayment program.
Millions of student loan borrowers are about to experience massive spikes in their payments after federal courts officially killed a popular repayment plan this week.
The ruling ends any hope of the SAVE plan returning. But major questions remain about loan forgiveness and when borrowers must move their student loans to other plans.
Student loan borrowers filed a new lawsuit Monday, arguing the Education Department must immediately forgive student loans and offer lower payments under the SAVE Plan.
Thousands of borrowers should be receiving notices within weeks that their federal student loans will be automatically discharged. But a legal challenge continues.
A group of GOP states filed a new motion to block the SAVE plan again. If approved, it would halt all of its benefits, including student loan forgiveness.
Student loan forgiveness was about to peter out. But a brand new legal development could lead to the opposite outcome – an acceleration in discharges for student loans.
Here’s what we know about the latest SAVE plan ruling that preserves the plan for now, and what borrowers with impacted student loans should know.
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