Current Student Loans News

Latest Student Loans News

• New bill would allow spouses to separate consolidated student loans, and other current student loan news for the week of June 20, 2022

  Borrowers may no longer be responsible for debt from former spouses.

  2 min read Jun 20, 2022

  

• Former Corinthian Colleges students receive student loan forgiveness, and other current student loan news for the week of June 6, 2022

  The Education Department is discharging $5.8 billion in student loan debt.

  1 min read Jun 06, 2022

  

• Education Department forgives $5.8 billion in federal student loans for former Corinthian Colleges students

  This marks the largest student loan discharge made by the Education Department.

  2 min read Jun 02, 2022

  

• Senators introduce bill that would block student loan forgiveness, and other current student loan news for the week of May 23, 2022

  A new bill would prevent the government from canceling student loan debt.

  2 min read May 23, 2022

  

• 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