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Federal student loan site down Wednesday, a day after layoffs gutted Education Department
An hours-long outage on StudentAid.gov, the federal website for student loans and financial aid, has underscored the risks in rapidly gutting the Department of Education.
Education Dept. cuts are here. What happens now to student loans, FAFSA and IEPs?
Which staff were ousted and where cuts hit hardest, by the numbersStart the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. There is a lot of confusion out there about what the federal agency does.
What the Department of Education layoffs could mean for student loan borrowers: ‘This will only make things worse,' activist says
President Donald Trump’s administration is downsizing the Department of Education. Some experts say that may cause trouble for student loan borrowers.
How Education Department layoffs hit student loans, testing, civil rights
The layoffs call into question how agency will be able to handle major operations such as student loans, FAFSA, the Nation’s Report Card and civil rights complaints.
The Department of Education Cut Its Workforce In Half. How That Will Affect Your Student Loans?
As part of the federal government's plan to gut the Department of Education, the agency cut half of its workforce, which could impact how it administers its student loan programs.
List of Student Loan, Aid Programs At Risk if Education Department Cut
Key student loan and aid programs may be eliminated or restructured if Trump follows through with cutting the Department of Education.
The Department of Education just laid off half its staff. How will that affect local schools?
The day after the U. S. Department of Education laid off more than 1,000 workers — slashing nearly half its staff — local education organizations were attempting to puzzle out what the changes will mean to schools and students.
What will happen to student loans if the Department of Education is dismantled?
The announcement of recent mass firings within the Department of Education has many questioning who will manage student loans if the agency is dismantled.
How will dismantling Dept. of Education affect Bay Area students? CA state superintendent explains
As you may have heard, the Trump administration has laid off about half of the Department of Education's staff. That's about 1,300 people. This will dramatically affect the department's operations, including federal student aid and programs for vulnerable students.

Some student loan repayment plans have been suspended

Is FAFSA site still down? Did Trump end student financial aid?
The temporary outage of the FAFSA website sparks fears that Donald Trump has followed through on threats to dismantle the ...
Federal Student Aid sites down for hours following Education Department layoffs
Federal Student Aid hosts the online applications for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, Parent Loan for ...
'Not their business': Trump mulls major changes to federal student loan office
President Donald Trump on Thursday said he has discussed shifting the Federal Student Aid office to an agency outside the ...
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CCC officials express concern about potential local impacts of federal cuts
Carteret Community College President Dr. Tracy Mancini said so far the college has had no major impacts from President Trump’s efforts to cut the federal workforce, programs ...
Federal student aid website crashes after workforce cuts, raising concerns for future aid processing
Adding to concerns, two dozen of the 300 federal employees cut were from Federal Student Aid’s technology division.
Ex-CFPB ombudsman’s message to federal student loan borrowers: ‘Demand’ what you’re ‘legally entitled to’
Barnard’s job was to work directly with then-CFPB director, Rohit Chopra, on student loan policy and strategy to address America’s over $1.6 trillion education debt. She was a ...
The Ed. Dept. is reassuring public servants about their key student-loan forgiveness program
Trump signed an executive order to limit eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness. His Department of Education is ...