student debt

A temporary freeze on student loan payments is set to expire Dec. 31, adding a financial burden back on those already struggling through a…

More than 40 million federal student loan borrowers would see extended relief under the $2 trillion economic relief package in Congress this week.The plan…

Those who have defaulted on their federal student loans will get a temporary reprieve from having their wages, Social Security benefits and tax refunds garnished by the federal government.

A broad coalition of student loan advocates is urging the U.S. education secretary to make good on federal legal protections for student borrowers with severe disabilities.

Updated: 10:53 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020 An Ohio law requiring colleges to turn over student debt to the state attorney general’s office for collection is disproportionally harming low-income students of color, according to a new report from Policy Matters Ohio, a Cleveland-based nonprofit.

In its first year, the forgiveness program turned away 71% of borrowers because of a paperwork technicality. Now, the department says it's fixing that roadblock.

A little-known provision allows the U.S. education secretary to erase student loan debt without going to Congress. Elizabeth Warren says if elected president she would put that provision to use.

The education secretary testified before the House education committee about her handling of a loan relief program for student borrowers who say they were defrauded by for-profit colleges.

The education secretary says many students who were defrauded by for-profit colleges don't deserve full relief from their loans. Department memos show career staff arguing the opposite.

NPR found the vast majority of student loan borrowers with disabilities aren't getting the debt relief they're owed. Now, a bipartisan group of lawmakers has asked for an investigation.