Some student loan borrowers began receiving notices this month that their loan balances are being reduced. Here's why, and ...

The new plan has a troubling feature that could cause student loan payments to arbitrarily jump after borrowers experience a small pay raise.

After years of changes to repayment options, borrowers are struggling to stay on top of their loans A relatively small share of student-loan borrowers are making their payments on time, while many ...

After a lengthy pandemic-related pause, the U.S. Department of Education resumed collection efforts on student loans in default in May. This has placed renewed pressure on borrowers who are behind on ...

When I started at the Department of Education in the 1990s, student loans were a popular middle-class benefit. College affordability was rarely front-page news. Our dingy offices, a converted World ...

Are you having problems with your student loans? Struggling to understand a loan servicer’s decision? Confused by the federal government's new repayment plans and wondering what to do? Kelsey Lesco ...

A key office in the Department of Education responsible for fielding grievances about student loans has a backlog of more than 27,000 complaints after losing nearly two-thirds of its staff. The ...

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Many federal student loans have 10-year repayment terms, but paying off your loans early might save you money Written By Written by Loans Deputy Editor, Buy Side Jessica Ullrich is Deputy Editor at ...

For the Plan 2 student loan cohort - those who took out loans from 2012 - a reckoning has landed.