Several million borrowers may lose access to affordable payments and eventual student loan forgiveness if they don’t take ...

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Sweeping student loan forgiveness changes for federal student loans are going into effect this year, and millions of borrower ...

Preston Cooper at AEI recently published an analysis of the latest federal student loan data, and the results were sobering: ...

Federal Direct Loans are originated by the federal government and don’t come with credit criteria. Federal student loan rates for the 2025-2026 school year range from 6.39% to 8.94%. Consider maxing ...

A Direct Student Loan is another name for a federally issued student loan in the United States. If you borrowed money from the U.S. Department of Education, you likely took out a Direct Loan. Since ...

The federal Repayment Assistance Plan, or RAP, will be the newest student loan repayment plan. President Donald Trump’s “big, ...

Filing for bankruptcy to eliminate student loan debt has long been seen as nearly impossible - but changes in policy and ...

On January 9, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) published an overview examining the history and legislative evolution of federal student ...

Graduate students may apply for Federal Direct Loans and Federal Direct PLUS Loans. Additional information about each type of loan can be found at studentaid.gov. Federal Direct Loan Direct Loans are ...

Subsidized and unsubsidized federal student loans differ based on who pays interest while you’re in school, and come with different limits Written By Written by Staff Loans Writer, Buy Side Emily ...