The trend toward a two-year degree or even shorter-term credential — also dubbed "un-college" — will gain steam in 2026, ...

The Education Department’s massive overhaul of student loans entered the final stage of a lengthy administrative process with ...

About 40,000 U.S. students are enrolled in college programs that may be at risk of losing federal loans, a recent analysis ...

Here’s what student loan borrowers should know about the July 1, 2026 cutoff, and what you should do to avoid restricting ...

Understand the types, eligibility and repayment plans for federal student loans ...

The U.S. Department of Education has extended the pandemic-era pause on collection efforts of defaulted student loan borrowers once more.

The department opened a public comment period for “Reimagining and Improving Student Education,” a plan outlining details about new repayment plans for borrowers and loan limits for students and ...

Rising college costs and growing student debt are reshaping higher education.

MADISON, Wis. - A significant new federal provision called the 'Do No Harm' rule, introduced under the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act, could cut off access to federal student loans ...

When I started at the Department of Education in the 1990s, student loans were a popular middle-class benefit. College affordability or student loan debt were rarely front-page news. Our dingy offices ...

The Department of Education is once again in the spotlight, and this time it is for proposed changes on how professional career fields will be categorized and defined as it relates to education loans.

The Wisconsin Coalition on Student Debt runs a free, confidential helpline for borrowers and prospective borrowers. Wisconsin Watch spoke to Executive Director Carole Trone about wage garnishment, ...