Is a college degree really worth it? Inside the heated debate about the value of higher education.
The answer is usually yes — but not always, according to a new return-on-investment tool that’s gaining traction among ...
What will dismantling the Education Department mean for your student loans?
The Trump administration is gearing up for large changes to the Department of Education, which oversees a $1.6 trillion ...
Education Department agrees to block DOGE from accessing student data
The Trump administration agreed Tuesday to temporarily bar agents of billionaire Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service from accessing sensitive student data at the Education Department.
Experian study: Average U.S. consumer debt and statistics
Experian examined representative and anonymized credit data through Q3 2024 to identify trends within average and total debt ...
Trump wants to abolish the Department of Education: What that could mean for student loan borrowers
President Donald Trump has reportedly set his sights on eliminating the U.S. Department of Education, a long-time Republican goal and promise from his campaign. The proposed plan, though, gives rise ...
Labor unions sue to block DOGE access to sensitive information at US agencies
On Friday, a separate lawsuit on behalf of the University of California Student Association asked a federal judge in ...
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With Education Department Under Threat, What Student Loan Borrowers Can Do
Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who compensate us when you take certain actions on ... which oversees federal student financial aid. There are ...
To pay for Trump's tax cuts, House Republicans could raise student loan bills for millions of borrowers
As House Republicans look for ways to cut spending to fund President Trump's tax cuts, they've floated plans that may raise ...
House Republicans mull taxes on scholarships and changes to student loan programs
As Republicans in Congress look for ways to slash spending, some legislators are floating new taxes on college scholarships, an end to student loan repayment plans and a big hike in taxes on universit ...
Navy Federal Credit Union Student Loan Review 2025: Pros, Cons, and Alternatives
Discover an in-depth review of Navy Federal Credit Union student loans, including rates, benefits, and drawbacks. Find out if ...
Biden’s record debt forgiveness barely made a dent in the $1.7 trillion student loan crisis. Here’s why
According to a financial aid expert, college tuition inflation and an unfriendly new administration are likely to make the ...
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Student Loan Forgiveness
This paper uses administrative credit bureau data to study the distributional, consumption, borrowing, and employment effects of the largest event of student loan forgiveness in history. Beginning in ...