Latest Student Loans News
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Education Department overhauls Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and other current student loan news for the week of Oct. 11, 2021
A PSLF overhaul will immediately forgive more than $1.7 billion in student debt.
3 min read Oct 11, 2021
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Education Department overhauls Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, forgiving $1.7 billion in student loan debt
Half a million borrowers will receive progress toward student loan forgiveness.
4 min read Oct 06, 2021
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Navient will stop servicing federal student loans, and other current student loan news for the week of Oct. 4, 2021
Navient is the third servicer to cut ties with the U.S. Department of Education.
3 min read Oct 04, 2021
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200 organizations advocate for Public Service Loan Forgiveness reform, and other current student loan news for the week of Sept. 27, 2021
Organizations are suggesting more automation for Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
2 min read Sep 27, 2021
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New data highlights the impact of parent PLUS student loans, and other current student loan news for the week of Sept. 20, 2021
Parents are borrowing tens of thousands of dollars for their child’s education.
2 min read Sep 20, 2021
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Amazon announces free college for employees, and other current student loan news for the week of Sept. 13, 2021
More than 750,000 Amazon employees will have access to educational benefits.
3 min read Sep 13, 2021
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Report finds that student loan borrowers’ wages have been illegally seized, and other current student loan news for the week of Sept. 6, 2021
If your wages were garnished for student loans in the past year, you’re not alone.
2 min read Sep 07, 2021
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Department of Education discharges $1.1 billion in ITT Tech student debt, and other current student loan news for the week of Aug. 30, 2021
Eligible borrowers will have see relief starting in September.
3 min read Aug 30, 2021
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Department of Education forgives over $5.8 billion for borrowers with a total and permanent disability, and other current student loan news for the week of Aug. 23, 2021
The Department of Education announced that borrowers with a total and permanent disability will receive automatic student loan forgiveness. Additionally, it also announced that over 47,000 service members [...]
2 min read Aug 23, 2021
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More than 47,000 service members have federal student loan interest automatically waived
Qualifying service members will no longer have to apply for the interest waiver.
1 min read Aug 20, 2021