It’s hardly any secret that student loan debt is a major burden for individuals and families across the country. According to the Education Data Initiative, student loan debt in the United States tota...
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Supreme Court Will Hear Arguments On Biden’s Stalled Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
Topline The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case challenging President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, the court announced Thursday, which means a final decision on the program’...
America has a $1.7 trillion student loan debt problem. Here’s what 6 borrowers think will solve the crisis as Biden’s forgiveness plan stalls
When President Joe Biden announced his plan to forgive up to $10,000 to $20,000 in federal student loan debt for most borrowers, it was the first time in many of their adult lives that those bearing t...
Appeals Court Rules Against Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan—Likely Sending Second Case To Supreme Court
Topline A federal appeals court ruled against the Biden Administration’s student loan forgiveness plan Wednesday, siding with a lower court that struck down the policy, ensuring the program will remai...
SoFi struggling, President Biden extends student loan payment freeze – crypto.news
Recent reports indicate that the SoFi network has been experiencing revenue drops and financial issues. The struggles are mainly attributed to the student loan freeze by the White House. Furthermore, ...
US Extended Student Loan Moratorium, Analysts Reduced Estimates, Price Targets On SoFi Technologies
Mizuho analyst Dan Dolev maintained SoFi Technologies, Inc (NASDAQ: SOFI) with a Buy and lowered the price target from $7 to $6 despite remaining upbeat on the stock. The seemingly never-ending studen...
Student Loan Repayment Freeze Extended Into 2023, Likely Helping Consumer Spending
The Biden administation has pushed back the date when student loan payments resume. That’s likely a … [+] positive for the U.S. consumer. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) Copyright 2022 The Ass...
Biden Pauses Student Loan Payments Through June
Topline The Department of Education will extend the suspension on payments toward federally held student loans for an additional six months, as President Joe Biden’s plan to permanently forgive many A...
Biden Administration Will Ask Supreme Court To Resume Student Loan Forgiveness Program
Topline President Joe Biden’s administration plans to ask the Supreme Court to reinstate a student debt forgiveness program that has been held up by lower court decisions, as legal disputes prev...
73% of student loan borrowers plan to spend their debt forgiveness checks on non-essential items. Do this with it instead.
‘Travel, dining out and new tech’: 73% of student loan borrowers plan to spend their debt forgiveness checks on non-essential items. Do this with it instead. President Joe Biden’s st...
Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan Kept On Hold As Court Sides With GOP States
Topline The Biden Administration will remain blocked from dispersing student loan forgiveness to millions of borrowers, at least while litigation against its policy plays out, as a federal appeals cou...
Biden Administration Suspends Student Loan Forgiveness Applications
Topline The Biden administration will stop accepting applications for federal student loan forgiveness, according to a note on the official application website, after a Texas court struck it down and ...
Texas Federal Judge Blocks Biden’s Student Loan Relief Program
Topline President Joe Biden’s student loan relief program was struck down by a Texas federal judge who deemed it an “unconstitutional exercise” on Thursday, putting the plan in further jeopardy after ...
How College Basketball Coaches Help Promote Voting, Civic Engagement Among Student Athletes
Portland head coach Eric Reveno speaks with an official during the first half of an NCAA college … [+] basketball game against Gonzaga, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, in Spokane, Wash. (AP Photo/Young...
How To Prevent The Next Student Loan Crisis
WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 12: Student loan borrowers gather near The White House to tell President Biden … [+] to cancel student debt on May 12, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Ge...
Millions of borrowers will face ‘real trauma’ when the student loan freeze ends in a few short weeks
Millions of borrowers will face ‘real trauma’ when the student loan freeze ends in a few short weeks After nearly three years, millions of Americans will be ringing in the new year with th...
Appeals Court Blocks Biden’s Student Loan Cancellation Plan—For Now
Topline The Biden Administration’s plan to forgive many Americans’ student loans was put on hold Friday after the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals granted a request from a group of Republican attorn...
Biden Says 22 Million Have Applied For Student Loan Relief—More Than Half The Total Believed To Be Eligible
Topline President Joe Biden said Friday that 22 million Americans applied for federal student loan relief during the first full week the debt forgiveness application was online, as his administration ...
Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Gets Greenlight As Judge Rules Against GOP Challenge
Topline Federal student loan forgiveness will continue rolling out this month as planned, as a federal judge rejected Thursday an attempt by Republican-led states to block the policy because they beli...
Supreme Court Will Not Block Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness
Topline A request for the Supreme Court to block President Joe Biden’s plan for broad federal student loan debt cancellation was rejected Wednesday, in a major blow to the highest-profile legal ...
Group Asks Supreme Court To Halt Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
Topline A Wisconsin taxpayers association asked the Supreme Court Wednesday to block the White House’s student loan forgiveness program before funds start rolling out to borrowers later this month, on...
5 red flags to spot student loan forgiveness application scams
Win-initiative/neleman | Stone | Getty Images The Biden administration officially launched the application for federal student loan forgiveness on Monday — and scammers are already “on the move&...
Student Loan Relief Sign Up Officially Launches—Here’s How To Apply
Topline The Department of Education on Monday officially launched the application process for its long-awaited one-time federal student debt forgiveness program—and many borrowers eligible to apply co...
Student loan forgiveness applications are now open — here’s what borrowers need to know to get their relief
Student loan forgiveness applications are now open — here’s what borrowers need to know to get their relief Borrowers can now start applying online for relief under President Biden’s student loa...
‘Emily the Criminal’ director Ford takes on student loan crisis
Emily the Criminal Courtesy: John Patton Ford In the new film “Emily the Criminal,” the title character, played by actress Aubrey Plaza, is almost always in a state of fear. There are mome...
You get some student loan debt erased, but what about the rest of it?
“January is going to be here before you know it,” says Damian Dunn, a certified financial planner and vice president of corporate financial wellness platform Your Money Line. Payments resume in Januar...
Get Ready For Biden’s $10K+ Student Loan Forgiveness Application
WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 25: George Washington University student Tuana Gitonga and other student … [+] loan debt activists rally outside the White House a day after President Biden announc...
President Biden just (quietly) scaled back student loan forgiveness — and the change could impact up to 1.5M borrowers. Are you one of them?
‘Remarkable reversal’: President Biden just (quietly) scaled back student loan forgiveness — and the change could impact up to 1.5M borrowers. Are you one of them? The Department of Educat...
Student Fees May Be Subsidizing Football Coach Buyouts
TEMPE, AZ – SEPTEMBER 17: Arizona State Sun Devils head coach Herm Edwards runs off the field with … [+] his team before the college football game between the Eastern Michigan Eagles and t...
Colorado GOP Governor Candidate Latest To Fall For Student ‘Furries’ Hoax—Here’s How Many Others Have Been Duped
Topline A Republican running for governor in Colorado became the latest candidate to campaign on a thoroughly debunked claim that a growing number of students are dressing up as “furries” and self-ide...
‘I’m paycheck to paycheck.’ I make $350K a year, but have $88K in student loans, $170K in car loans and a mortgage I pay $4,500 a month on. Do I need professional help?
I’m the first of my generation to own a home and the first to earn this much annually and don’t want to mess this up. How, specifically, can a financial adviser help me? Getty Images Question: By the ...