A government shutdown on Wednesday could have the potential to disrupt a multitude of federal activities — but people with student loans are expected to continue making their repayments, according to ...

Federal student loan interest is shifting again for the 2025-26 academic year, and the change will affect how much borrowers ...

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President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill is massively rolling back federal student-loan programs in a nearly complete-180-degree turnaround from the Biden-era debt-forgiveness movement. The newly passed ...

The U.S. Department of Education plans to end a student loan debt forgiveness program used by millions of Americans. The feds said Dec. 9 that they had reached a proposed court settlement to kill the ...

The college application system seems designed to confuse families. Your student starts the application process in hopes of gaining admission to their dream school. Meanwhile, you’re filling out the ...

WASHINGTON – Republicans in Congress are moving forward with a massive plan to overhaul how Americans pay for college. And they're hoping to make an end-run around Senate Democrats to do it. On April ...

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A new House bill claims to improve financial aid transparency, but without a standard offer form, students still face ...

The latest expansion of the Pell Grant program has financial aid administrators concerned about the effect it will have on ...