The wage garnishment announcement marks a departure from past handling of student loan borrowers in default. Since March 2020 ...

Millions of federal student loan borrowers are about to discover that the safety nets they counted on are being rewired in ...

The Education Department issued alerts to borrowers this week, falsely indicating that their federal student loans are in ...

A spokesperson for the federal Department of Education said the agency will send the first notices to defaulted borrowers in ...

The Education Department quietly announced that there are no plans to restore a tracker that had allowed borrowers to assess ...

Major changes are coming for millions of Americans who borrowed money for higher education and now find themselves with ...

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Students starting college next year will face a dramatically different federal financial aid system than the one their older siblings and parents encountered, experts say, due to changes enacted this ...

As student loan payments resume in 2026 after years of pauses and temporary relief measures, many borrowers may find themselves facing a familiar anxiety: what happens if you can't ...

Understand the types, eligibility and repayment plans for federal student loans Written By Written by Staff Senior Editor, Buy Side Miranda Marquit is a staff senior personal finance editor for Buy ...

Federal student loans offer forgiveness options, while private loans close funding gaps Written By Written by Staff Loan Writer, Buy Side Bob Haegele is a staff loan writer at Buy Side covering auto ...

Learn how federal grants-in-aid provide crucial funding to state, local, private, and institutional projects with no ...