Current Student Loans News
Stay up to date with trends that will impact your student loans – and your wallet.
Latest Student Loans News
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Federal student loan interest rates will increase for the 2022-23 academic year
This increase brings federal student loan interest rates back to pre-pandemic levels.
2 min read Dec 14, 2022 -
Biden to forgive $10,000 in student loans and extend payment pause through Dec. 31
Biden’s long-awaited forgiveness plan impacts borrowers earning less than $125,000.
4 min read Nov 22, 2022 -
Biden administration unveils PSLF changes, payment count adjustment
New changes will bring many PSLF and IDR-eligible borrowers closer to forgiveness.
3 min read Oct 25, 2022 -
Student loan forgiveness temporarily stalled amid lawsuit, and other student loan news for the week of Oct. 24, 2022
Federal student loan forgiveness stalled temporarily due to lawsuit.
2 min read Oct 24, 2022 -
Your student loan forgiveness questions, answered
Here’s what we know so far about Biden’s broad student loan forgiveness plan.
3 min read Oct 13, 2022 -
Congress approves bill allowing Spousal Consolidation Loans to be split, and other current student loan news for the week of Sept. 26, 2022
Borrowers who combined their student loans with their spouse’s may soon see relief.
2 min read Sep 26, 2022 -
The impact of broad student loan forgiveness
Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan is expected to impact 43 million borrowers.
7 min read Sep 06, 2022 -
The Education Department just forgave $3.9 billion in federal student loans for former ITT Tech students
Former students of ITT Tech, DeVry and Kaplan may receive loan relief.
1 min read Aug 16, 2022 -
Republicans propose bill to eliminate student loan cancellation, and other current student loan news for the week of Aug. 15, 2022
A new bill would expand Pell Grant access but eliminate student loan forgiveness.
2 min read Aug 15, 2022 -
Student loan payment pause could be extended, and other current student loan news for the week of Aug. 1, 2022
The payment pause ends on Aug. 31, but it could be extended again.
3 min read Aug 01, 2022