Major new updates announced by the Education Department this month could impact millions of Americans with federal student ...

From paused student-loan repayment plans to new debt relief limits, 2026 brought critical changes to borrowers. There's a lot ...

The Education Department announced a long-delayed expansion of a key repayment plan for student loans this week, paving the ...

Trump's Department of Education completed its update to income-based repayment plans, expanding access to borrowers with higher incomes.

A recent update from the Department of Education said that just 170 student-loan borrowers received income-driven repayment ...

Preston Cooper at AEI recently published an analysis of the latest federal student loan data, and the results were sobering: 5.5 million borrowers in default, another 3.7 million more than 270 days ...

Student loan debt hits $1.65T, defaults rise, and wage garnishments loom—learn key impacts on consumer credit and how to ...

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

David Chatman, 51, said he's going through bankruptcy proceedings because he cannot afford his student-loan payments without ...

The past year has been a tumultuous one for anyone trying to keep current with the state of student loans, marked by legal ...

By law, the feds can seize up to 15% of a borrower’s disposable pay if they have defaulted on federal student loans — without ...

A new study suggests that distressed borrowers using a simpler bankruptcy process are succeeding — and that more people like ...