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.

The federal government is preparing to restart one of its most aggressive student-loan collection tools: wage garnishment. Beginning early next year, the U.S. Department of Education will notify ...

Student loan borrowers have spent much of 2025 trying to keep up with massive changes to the federal student loan system. That includes changes to repayment plans and borrowing limits. NPR's Cory ...

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

Learn about online lenders offering no-credit-check business loans.

Millions of federal student loan borrowers are about to discover that the safety nets they counted on are being rewired in ...

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

At Eastern University, students pursuing education degrees can get help repaying their student loans if they make less than $50,000 a year. The university recently expanded the program ...

Starting in January, the Trump administration says it will garnish the wages of student loan borrowers who haven’t been able to make their payments for at least nine months. “It’s cruel and hostile to ...

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

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

Before wages are withheld, the Education Department must send at least a 30-day notice that explains the process.