Navigating student loan debt can be daunting, especially when financial challenges arise. With over 42 million Americans ...

The government is preparing to start collecting on student loans in default. Before that happens, a financial planner has ...

Saddled with student loans? Here’s how to clarify your financial goals, make smart payment strategies, and seek forgiveness resources to clear the debt.

Your options to avoid collections when your student loans are in default.

If your student loans are in default, you have less than two weeks to stop them from being sent to collections, which can ...

After offset, the government may look to your regular income to remedy your defaulted loans through wage garnishment. Unlike ...

Scholarship scams are targeting high school seniors, posing as government representatives, universities, or non-profits, requiring upfront fees and leaving students vulnerable to identity theft, ...

Millions of defaulted student loan borrowers will face collection activities for the first time since the pandemic began.

A 2024 Pew Charitable Trusts survey of Americans with student loan debt found that 50% of Black borrowers have defaulted on their student loans, while 29% of white borrowers had done so. The high ...

Like millions of Americans, MaNesha Stiff is anxious about the future of her student loans. She has about $200,000 in debt and though she’s managing it for now — she hasn’t been asked to ...

Two changes that would have lowered penalty fees were stopped or put in doubt. And the restart of student loans payments, ...

The plan to resume debt collection for borrowers in default could put people in a precarious financial position amid a faltering economy.