A group of student loan borrowers filed a new class action lawsuit against the Education Department this week, alleging that the department and Secretary of Education Linda McMahon are unlawfully preventing borrowers from discharging their student loans following their school’s…
Kendrick Gaussoin near his home in Winsted, Connecticut. Under a Biden-era change, Gaussoin's federal student loans should have been erased. Raquel C. Zaldívar for NPR hide caption "It was very eerie," he remembers. "Everyone was crying. Everyone felt like they'd lost…
National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has backed the introduction of the Token Payment System by the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). It urged tertiary institutions to promptly reconcile tuition payments to prevent students from being denied access to examinations…
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, NELFUND, Akintunde Sawyerr. The Nigerian Education Loan Fund has said it will take steps to stop students from benefiting from its loan scheme while still relying on their parents to pay their school…
A key deadline for federal student loans hits some borrowers this week, with only a couple of days left to change repayment plans. Borrowers who don’t act could get find themselves in an unaffordable payment plan or thrown off track…
Not all federal student loan borrowers will necessarily be at risk of these aggressive collections tactics. And those who do face the prospect of wage garnishment and federal benefits offset should still have legal options to delay or outright stop…
Federal Student Aid chief Rich Cordray said his office would “not tolerate errors from loan servicers that cause confusion and unwarranted financial instability for borrowers and families.”John Minchillo/AP Education Department officials disclosed on Monday that one of the…
As it did with that first batch of borrowers, the agency said on Friday it would suspend interest on the accounts of affected borrowers and not require them to make payments until the issues are resolved. Education Department: 758K more student…
Student loan payments vary across the country, with borrowers in some states paying considerably more each month than those in others. Vermont has the highest median monthly student loan payment, at $258, while Wyoming and Arkansas have the lowest, at $160, according…
Published October 23, 2026 The Trump administration has dropped its legal fight to impose new restrictions on Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF), handing a major victory to the roughly 2.3 million borrowers pursuing the popular federal program. The Justice Department on Wednesday, October…
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