President Joe Biden (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Getty Images Republicans slam President Joe Biden on student loan forgiveness. Here’s what you need to know — and what it means for your stu...
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Student Loan Forgiveness Of $50,000 Gets Renewed Push
President Joe Biden (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Getty Images Student loan forgiveness of $50,000 gets a renewed push. Here’s what you need to know — and what it means for student loans. Stud...
Biden Has Canceled $25 Billion Of Student Loans, But Student Loan Forgiveness Still Eludes Borrowers
President Joe Biden (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Getty Images President Joe Biden has now canceled $25 billion of student loans. Here’s what you need to know — and what it means for your stude...
Senators Propose Major Changes To Student Loan Forgiveness
Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Getty Images Two U.S. senators have proposed major changes to student loan forgiveness. Here’s what you need to know — and wha...
Biden administration to cancel $5.8 billion in single largest student loan forgiveness effort ever
The U.S. Department of Education announced Wednesday that it will forgive all remaining debt for over half a million borrowers who attended and were defrauded by any campus owned or operated by Corint...
Student Loan Forgiveness Is A ‘Loser Issue’
Bill Maher (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Inc for HBO Films) FilmMagic, Inc for HBO Films Bill Maher says that student loan forgiveness is a “loser issue.” Here’s what you need to know. Student Loa...
Student loan forgiveness is ‘up to the White House,’ Federal Student Aid COO says
As President Joe Biden moves closer to canceling some student loan debt, the top federal student loan official said any forgiveness by the president would be additive to other reforms taking place. &#...
White House Said To Eye Income Caps For Student Loan Forgiveness
Topline The White House is weighing income limits for student loan forgiveness, the Washington Post reported Saturday, days after President Joe Biden said he may cancel “some” debt and indicated he is...
Biden says he won’t cancel $50,000 in student loan debt but will have an answer on forgiveness in a few weeks
President Joe Biden threw cold water on calls for large-scale student loan debt cancellation during a speech Thursday. He will not cancel $50,000 in debt for every borrower, as some Democrats are push...
Here’s how to craft student-loan forgiveness in a way that cuts out those who don’t need help
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York on Thursday released new analyses on student loans, with one blog post focused on who would benefit from various approaches to canceling such debt — as well as eac...
Biden Administration Will Broaden Student Loan Forgiveness Programs For Millions Of Borrowers
Topline The Department of Education announced a plan Tuesday to immediately forgive student loan debt for at least 40,000 Americans—and move another 3.6 million borrowers closer to loan forgiveness—us...
Top Democrat on student loan forgiveness
A top Democratic lawmaker said that progress was being made to push the White House to cancel student loan debt. “I have told the president, this is one of the most important things he can do to...
Do I resist refinancing my $160,000 federal student loan at a lower rate in the hope there will be loan forgiveness? What are the chances it will happen?
I graduated from college in 2017 with more than $210,000 in federal student-loan debt thanks to out-of-state tuition, a master’s program, and not fully understanding this cost at that time. I’ve chise...
‘I feel deceived’: After 20 years of paying my student loan, I discovered I don’t qualify for forgiveness. My loans total $167,000. What can I do?
I took out loans for professional/graduate school during the years 1993 to 1996. I took out about $54,000 in loans. In 2002, I consolidated all my federal loans. The balance is approximately $167,000....