A Republican congressman is leading a new bipartisan bill in the House of Representatives that would give married student loan borrowers a larger tax deduction on their loans. More than 42 million ...

On March 11, the United States Department of Education announced it was cutting nearly half its workforce, including staff ...

The Trump administration has restarted collections on all student loans that are in default, ending the pandemic-era pause ...

Since it's likely you'll either be moved to another payment plan or given a window of time to select a new repayment plan, ...

We explain higher education funding to help journalists cover the impacts of changes President Trump has made to the ...

A growing number of Americans are asking to borrow money from others in order to pay down their student loans, amid ongoing economic uncertainty and the recent resumption in federal loan collections.

This week, the US Department of Education restarted collection efforts for millions of Americans who have defaulted student ...

Federal student loan debt is a critical challenge, according to the Department of Education. So much so, the department is ...

To prevent borrowers from facing bills larger than what they can pay, the government can tie your monthly payment to your ...

Miranda Marquit is a staff senior personal finance editor for Buy Side from WSJ. Collections on defaulted federal student loans will resume on May 5, after a five-year pause. Wage garnishment and ...

For loans made under the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program or the Federal Family Education Loan Program, it takes 270 days from your last student loan payment to go into default.

In less than two weeks, the U.S. Department of Education will resume collecting student loans in default and that means millions of borrowers will have to start making payments or risk having ...