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Ascendium Partially Halts Collection on Defaulted Student Loans For 60 Days

| March 31, 2020 Ascendium, a nonprofit loan guarantor, said in a statement yesterday it is partially halting co Read more

Education Department Suspends Collection on Late Student Loans Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

by Shailaja Neelakantan | March 25, 2020
Federal student loan borrowers late on their payments have been granted some relief by the Depa [...] Read more

Report: Almost Half of Student Debt is Being Repaid Through Income-Driven Plans

by Lois Elfman | February 17, 2020
As of 2017, approximately half of student debt is being repaid through income-driven plans, say [...] Read more

Policy Brief Recommends Changes to Federal Aid Requirements

by Sarah Wood | November 20, 2019
More than one million students default on loans each year with student loan debt reaching $1.5 [...] Read more

Can We Fix How We Judge and Pay for College?

by Jefferson Noël | September 23, 2019
You can get a rating on everything — from an Uber driver to a fast food place. But for a rece [...] Read more

DeVos Wants Income Verification Reviewed for Loan-Repayment Plans

| July 26, 2019
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has issued a statement calling for a comprehensive revi [...] Read more

New Coalition Advocates for College Equity, Affordability

| July 25, 2019
A new collaborative, The College Affordability Coalition, has formed to advocate for needed fed [...] Read more

Lawmakers Introduce Legislation Cancelling Student Loan Debt

| July 23, 2019
Up to $50,000 in student loan debt will be cancelled for 42 million Americans under a bill intr [...] Read more

Study: Cutting Federal Graduate Loans Would Harm Black Students, HBCUs

| July 22, 2019
Cuts to federal student loans for graduate and professional students could be devastating to Af [...] Read more

New Survey Finds College Students Lack Financial Literacy

by Sarah Wood | July 15, 2019
Today’s college students are feeling unprepared to manage their finances and have already acc [...] Read more

Study: Debt Load Disparities Hamper K-12 Teacher Diversity

by David Pluviose | July 9, 2019
A new Center for American Progress report finds that the disproportionate student loan debt bur [...] Read more

Judge Green-Lights Lawsuit Against Student Loan Service Provider

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A federal judge has allowed a class-action lawsuit filed by the American Federation of Teachers [...] Read more

Survey: Most Employees Have Regrets About Their College Degree

| June 26, 2019
Although a college education is still considered a pathway to higher lifetime earnings and gain [...] Read more

Study Shocker: Students Illiterate About College Financial Aid

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College-bound high school students, no matter their economic background, consider the price of [...] Read more

TICAS Report Sheds Light on Student Loan Defaults

by Tiffany Pennamon | June 17, 2019
A report from The Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS) finds that, of the nearly se [...] Read more

Three More Big Diversity-related Questions resulting from COVID-19

Part II: Three More Big Diversity-related Questions resulting from COVID-19