student loan debt

The Education Department has canceled around $6.8 billion in student debt for more than 110,000 borrowers through the public service loan forgiveness waiver.

The White House was notably more measured about Biden’s stance, but such moves would be a boon to many of the 43 million Americans carrying student loans.

Here’s what borrowers need to know about the U.S. Department of Education’s plans to overhaul the student loan system.

A new federal report finds that record-keeping failures by the Education Department may have left thousands of Americans stuck with student debt that should have been forgiven.

The Biden administration is expected to extend its pause on federal student loan payments through the end of August, according to sources familiar with White House’s decision-making. This will be the sixth time the government extends this break. “It’s going good so far, [but] financially not so great,” admitted Alyssa Rodriguez. Rodriguez is a biology major finishing her second...

The White House announced Wednesday that payments on federal student loans will remain paused through May 1, 2022.

Thousands of public service workers around the country are receiving welcome news for the holidays: the federal government is forgiving their student loan debt. The development comes after they were initially rejected for a program intended to reward their chosen career path. However, after the Biden administration announced a limited waiver period in October, many of those workers are now…

The Biden administration says it will automatically erase student loan debt for more than 300,000 Americans with disabilities that leave them unable to earn significant incomes

John Stout and Carly Zdanek are hoping to turn a free USB drive into the key to paying off $130,000 in combined student loan debt.

Attorney General Maura Healey, Senator Elizabeth Warren and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley are calling on President Joe Biden to forgive student loan debt up to $50,000 per borrower.