Student loans

Delays in federal financial aid this summer left some students scrambling to pay for basic needs, following changes that took effect July 1. Advocates, financial aid administrators, and experts warn…

A new report finds that students are taking out loans to pay not only for tuition but also for food, housing, and other basic needs, which increasingly strain students’ budgets.

Some student loan borrowers are stopping payments and heading abroad as the number of debtors in default reaches record levels, The New York Times reports.

Hours after the Supreme Court ended the Biden Administration’s student loan forgiveness plan, President Biden announced plans for a new path to debt relief.

President Biden announced the cancellation of up to $10,000 in student debt for borrowers making less than $125,000, and up to $20,000 for those who received Pell Grants.

U.S. colleges and universities are announcing inflation-related tuition increases while voicing concern about the impact on students and their families.

Ohio State University, which enrolls more than 40,000 undergraduates, said it will work to eliminate loans from all undergraduate financial aid packages across the next 10 years.

Federal education officials have announced a slate of temporary changes to the troubled federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness program—added flexibility that could benefit more than 550,000 borrowers.

Federal officials announced a final extension of the temporary pause on student loan repayments, sparking renewed calls for debt cancellation to address racial wealth disparities.

President Joe Biden this week reiterated his support for writing off up to $10,000 in federal student loan debt for individual borrowers but said he will not pursue the $50,000…