The new plan has a troubling feature that could cause student loan payments to arbitrarily jump after borrowers experience a small pay raise.
The Education Department began announcing long-awaited student loan forgiveness approvals under key programs after a lengthy delay had left many in limbo.
The Trump administration’s efforts to limit student loan forgiveness under a popular federal program for public servants is facing a major new legal test this week
While the government is clearly making progress under some programs to discharge student loans, the situation is deteriorating for others. Here’s a breakdown.
Student loan borrowers filed a forceful response as the Education Department took steps to delay discharging student loans under a court-approved settlement.
After these new regulations go into effect in just a few months, millions of borrowers will start experiencing higher monthly payments on their student loans.
Here’s a rundown of some of the key dates for student loans that are coming up over the next few months, and what borrowers need to know about them.
The Education Department’s massive overhaul of student loans entered the final stage of a lengthy administrative process with the publication of final rules.
The month of February will be critical for certain borrowers pursuing student loan forgiveness, and hundreds of thousands of borrowers could be impacted.
Last spring, the Trump Department of Education quietly cancelled a $37.7 million fine against Grand Canyon University that resulted from a thorough investigation, during the Biden presidency, showing the school deceived numerous doctoral degree students regarding the...
In a powerful legal complaint filed this month in federal court in Denver, Aidan Peters, a former admissions representative for Colorado Technical University (CTU), alleges that the for-profit, online school, owned by giant Perdoceo Education Corp., systematically...
Tens of thousands of borrowers may be about to receive automatic student loan forgiveness after the U.S. Department of Education missed a key processing deadline.
Some of the pauses on student loans may offer borrowers temporary relief, while others are simply injecting even more uncertainty. Here’s a breakdown.
Here’s what student loan borrowers should know about the July 1, 2026 cutoff, and what you should do to avoid restricting your options for your student loans.
The Education Department filed a last minute request to extend the time window to process student loan forgiveness applications, just days before a key deadline.
The Education Department has suspended certain collections efforts for student loans, giving borrowers some breathing room. Here’s what it means for borrowers.
The Education Department quietly confirmed last week that student loan forgiveness for certain borrowers under several income-driven repayment plans is paused again.
Application backlogs for IDR plans may be about to get a whole lot worse for borrowers with student loans enrolled in the SAVE plan.
A major student loan servicer is facing accusations of widespread misconduct in a new amended complained filed in federal court last week.
At the current rate of processing, some borrowers with student loans eligible for loan forgiveness could be waiting many months, or even years, for a decision.
The Education Department announced new limitations on student loan forgiveness this week, potentially delaying the discharges for certain borrowers.
Sweeping student loan forgiveness changes for federal student loans are going into effect this year, and millions of borrower will be impacted. Here’s a breakdown.
Several million borrowers may lose access to affordable payments and eventual student loan forgiveness if they don’t take specific steps by April 1, 2026.
Millions of borrowers are set to have their tax refunds seized by the government due to outstanding defaulted federal student loans.
The Education Department may start accelerating student loan forgiveness processing in February. The update may be good news for borrowers, but uncertainty remains.
More than seven million borrowers may soon see student loan payments skyrocket as the Education Department implements a settlement agreement that ends the SAVE plan.
Over the holidays, a shuttered chain of predatory career colleges operated by billionaire GOP donor Carl Barney continued their seemingly endless second life as a habitual courthouse litigant. On December 24, the Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed a $3 million penalty...
It’s a new year for student loans, and big changes are happening that will impact millions of borrowers across the country. Here’s what you can do.
The Education Department quietly announced that there are no plans to restore a tracker that had allowed borrowers to assess their student loan forgiveness progress.
Major new updates announced by the Education Department this month could impact millions of Americans with federal student loans in 2026.
Wage garnishment is set to begin in January. Here’s what borrowers who are in default on their federal student loans should know, and how to avoid losing their pay.
The Education Department announced a long-delayed expansion of a key repayment plan for student loans this week, paving the way for more borrowers to apply.
Buried in the SAVE plan settlement is a provision that could place major restrictions on the Education Department’s ability to enact new student loan forgiveness.
The Education Department issued alerts to borrowers this week, falsely indicating that their federal student loans are in default. And some people are panicking.
Some borrowers who qualify for student loan forgiveness must act within the next two weeks or they could face substantial financial penalties.
In a recent interview, Nicholas Kent, the Trump administration’s chief higher education official, signaled a desire to short-circuit the American system of college accreditation. Since the 20th century, accreditors deputized by the federal government have determined...
