In a surprising move, the Trump administration announced the transfer of the federal student loan program from the Department ...

The Education Department reopened the application for all income-driven repayment (IDR) plans on Mar. 26, after a month-long suspension that blocked federal student loan borrowers from enrolling in an ...

Student loans are coming due, but they are not necessarily getting paid. Missed and late payments are surging to record ...

Federal student loan borrowers should start repaying their loans so as not to affect their credit scores. A pause on credit ...

There are 8 million federal student loan borrowers waiting for the courts to decide if their repayment plan is legal, and another 9 million are late on payments. Eight million federal student loan ...

Legal experts assert that borrowers cannot sue for loan forgiveness based on FERPA, as only the Department of Education has ...

President Trump said in a press conference that most of the responsibilities the DOE oversaw will be returned to the states.

If FAFSA does move, Kantrowitz said, borrowers may not notice much of ... work-study programs and student loans. Rubin noted ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB, is a federal agency that helps protect consumers from financial harm. For ...

People can get student debt “erased” by filing Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act complaints because the Department of Government Efficiency accessed federal student loan databases.

That could lead to confusion for current and future student borrowers seeking information about loan payments and other servicing issues, duties now handled by the Education Department.

The path for current student loans is uncertain, but forgiveness options look even less likely for future borrowers.