Current Student Loans News

Latest Student Loans News

• 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

  

• Your student loan forgiveness questions, answered

  Here’s what we know so far about Biden’s broad student loan forgiveness plan.

  3 min read Aug 26, 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 Aug 24, 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

  

• New bill would decrease time for Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and other current student loan news for the week of July 18, 2022

  A new bill would forgive student debt under PSLF after just five years of payments.

  2 min read Jul 19, 2022

  

• Education Department to cancel $6 billion in student debt through borrower defense

  More than 200,000 borrowers who were misled by colleges will have loans discharged.

  2 min read Jul 07, 2022

  

• Education Department proposes major overhauls to student loan relief programs

  New regulations may make it easier for borrowers to receive student loan discharge.

  3 min read Jul 06, 2022