Millions of borrowers who are behind can expect the government to tighten the options in 2026. Experts say take action now to ...
The federal Repayment Assistance Plan, or RAP, will be the newest student loan repayment plan. President Donald Trump’s “big, ...
It’s a new year for student loans, and big changes are happening that will impact millions of borrowers across the country.
A provision that made student-loan forgiveness tax-free is expiring in 2026. It could put borrowers on the hook for thousands ...
The Department of Education is placing a $65,000 cap on the Parent PLUS program in July, limiting the amount of student loans parents can take on.
Major new updates announced by the Education Department this month could impact millions of Americans with federal student ...
Student-loan borrowers will begin to see the effects of Trump's changes to repayment and borrowing in July 2026.
While some routes to loan discharges have been blocked or delayed in 2025, the Department of Education has still granted borrowers billions of dollars in forgiveness.
Preston Cooper at AEI recently published an analysis of the latest federal student loan data, and the results were sobering: 5.5 million borrowers in default, another 3.7 million more than 270 days ...
The "One Big, Beautiful Bill" created a new repayment plan starting in 2026 that will reduce the amount of loans some borrowers can have. Loan forgiveness will once again be taxable, and some ...