The pandemic payment and interest pause faces an August 31 deadline. The White House held a virtual meeting Thursday with student debt activists and advocacy groups, the latest…
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Education Department to Cancel All Corinthian Colleges Loans
Determines over a half million students preyed upon by Corinthians Colleges. On Wednesday, the Department of Education announced that they will fully cancel all remaining federal student loans…
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Department of Education Addresses Student Loans
Lists steps to correct student loans’ “longstanding failures.” The Department of Education recently released multiple action steps it will be taking to address the issue of America’s student…
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U.S. Forgives 40,000 Student Loans
Aid provided to 3.6 million more. The Department of Education has canceled student loan debt for 40,000 people. In addition, the department has offered credits to help another…
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President Extends Payment Pause on Student Debt
Resumption of payments moved from May 1 to August 31. President Joe Biden announced Wednesday the extension of the repayment freeze on federally held student loans through August…
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Student Loan Payment Freeze Could Be Extended Again
Education Department delays payment resumption announcements. The Department of Education has instructed student loan companies to delay sending notices about student loan payments resuming in May. The student…
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Borrowers given 90 additional days of relief. President Biden has extended the federal student loan forbearance period until May 1, 2022, as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus…
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Student Loan Payments to Resume Next Year
The White House confirms the expiration of the federal student loans pause. The White House stated this past week that President Joe Biden will allow the restart of…
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FSA to Implement Stricter Student Loan Guidelines
Department of Education working to ease borrowers back into loan payments. The Department of Education announced on Friday that they will be taking measures to address the American…
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Education Department Updates Loan Forgiveness Program
550,000 people are expected to benefit from changes. On Tuesday, the Department of Education announced that it would allow all eligible student borrowers to claim credits from the…
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