Current Student Loans News

Latest Student Loans News

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  How to protect your paycheck from federal student loan garnishment

  In default? Here’s what you should know.

  5 min read Jun 16, 2025
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  Only half of high school seniors have completed their FAFSA. Here’s why you should.

  FAFSA completion rates are consistently lower than college attendance rates among high school graduates. Here’s why

  6 min read Jun 13, 2025
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  Can (and should) the U.S. Treasury Department manage federal student loans?

  The Treasury is a better fit than the SBA, says expert Mark Kantrowitz.

  5 min read Jun 11, 2025
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  Colleges losing the blame game as D.C. aims to solve the student loan crisis

  Schools face accountability for unpaid education debt

  6 min read Jun 09, 2025
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  As federal agencies slash staff, here’s how student loan borrowers can advocate for themselves

  Watch your student loans and know where to report problems.

  5 min read May 29, 2025
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  Department of Education must reinstate terminated staff, and other student loan news

  A federal judge just threw a wrench in Trump’s plans for the ED.

  4 min read May 27, 2025
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  No, the era of student loan forgiveness isn’t over. Here’s why

  Student loans forgiveness isn’t over.

  6 min read May 23, 2025
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  We’re facing a student loan default crisis. This academic research might help

  Research could help student loan borrowers

  5 min read May 23, 2025
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  ED processed only 4% of outstanding income-driven repayment applications in April, and other student loan news

  As application processing resumes, some defaulted student loan borrowers just got a collections notice.

  4 min read May 16, 2025
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  New House bill would slash student loan programs, limit forgiveness

  The proposed legislation increases borrowing costs for many.

  7 min read May 15, 2025