Current Student Loans News

Latest Student Loans News

• 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 May 11, 2022

  

• Biden indicates that he may cancel federal student debt, and other current student loan news for the week of May 9, 2022

  Some borrowers could see their student loan balances reduced as early as this year.

  1 min read May 09, 2022

  

• Biden administration rolls out one-time student loan forgiveness waiver, and other current student loan news for the week of April 25, 2022

  Borrowers pursuing income-driven repayment may get benefits.

  2 min read Apr 25, 2022

  

• President Biden extends student loan payment pause through Aug. 31, 2022

  Federal student loan borrowers have another four months of breathing room.

  3 min read Apr 06, 2022

  

• Biden extends student loan payment pause through August, and other current student loan news for the week of April 11, 2022

  Federal student loan borrowers just received a sixth extension of the payment pause.

  1 min read Apr 11, 2022

  

• NPR finds that student loan forgiveness is hindered by flaws in income-driven repayment

  The new report highlights outsized impacts on low-income borrowers.

  2 min read Apr 06, 2022

  

• Edfinancial Services faces penalties after misleading borrowers about student loan forgiveness

  The servicer often provided false information to borrowers asking about forgiveness.

  2 min read Mar 30, 2022

  

• What Biden’s 2023 budget means for the future of student loan forgiveness

  Biden appears to be favoring a simpler approach to making higher education cheaper.

  2 min read Mar 29, 2022

  

• U.S. veterans may have been misled about tuition assistance, and other current student loan news for the week of March 28, 2022

  Colleges may have pressured service members into taking out student loans.

  2 min read Mar 28, 2022

  

• The federal student loan payment pause could be extended again, and other current student loan news for the week of March 14, 2022

  A few hints point toward a possible extension of the federal forbearance period.

  3 min read Mar 14, 2022