A Direct Student Loan is another name for a federally issued student loan in the United States. If you borrowed money from ...

The total U.S. student loan debt is nearly $1.8 trillion, according to the Education Data Initiative. This breaks down to an estimated $41,618 in total average student loan debt. If you have student ...

What Counts As A Graduate Student vs. Professional Student For Federal Student Aid? This question is about student loan borrowing limits. With the Big Beautiful Bill ending Grad PLUS loans in 2026, ...

Recently proposed policy shifts in student loan forgiveness could transform the landscape for those who make legal services accessible to immigrants, transgender people and others in need.

Understand the types, eligibility and repayment plans for federal student loans Written By Written by Staff Senior Editor, Buy Side Miranda Marquit is a staff senior personal finance editor for Buy ...

Critics of a recently proposed bill that would encourage more universities to use the federal government’s Direct Loan Program say a new lawsuit in which former students are accusing the federal ...

If you have student loans, you've likely noticed just how much the rules around forgiveness have changed lately. From the restart of previously paused payments to sweeping overhauls of repayment plans ...

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Corrections and clarifications: This story has been updated to reflect that President Donald Trump initially paused student loan payments in March 2020. As May approaches, the federal government will ...

Day by day, nail by nail, Austin Reese is hammering away at what will soon be his new home in the high country. Reese, who works for the Colorado State Forest Service’s Granby office, bought the home ...