The Education Department quietly announced that there are no plans to restore a tracker that had allowed borrowers to assess ...

Student loan borrowers will face taxes on certain types of loan forgiveness in 2026, but state tax rules will make ...

For most federal student loans, default status starts after 270 days—about nine months—of nonpayment. Once a loan is in ...

Repayment plans and loan limits are set to change, while the Education Department remains in flux. “It will be a really ...

The best thing to do when wages are being garnished is to try to lower your expenses and possibly explore consolidation ...

From paused student-loan repayment plans to new debt relief limits, 2026 brought critical changes to borrowers. There's a lot ...

Student loan debt hits $1.65T, defaults rise, and wage garnishments loom—learn key impacts on consumer credit and how to ...

The Department of Education denied 327,955 borrower requests solely in August, according to a December 15 court filing.

A new study suggests that distressed borrowers using a simpler bankruptcy process are succeeding — and that more people like ...

A recent update from the Department of Education said that just 170 student-loan borrowers received income-driven repayment ...

The wage garnishment announcement marks a departure from past handling of student loan borrowers in default. Since March 2020 ...

Starting in 2026, student loan forgiveness will be taxable at the federal level. This could cost the average borrower thousands in taxes.