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Student-loan borrowers could see an easier repayment process through Biden's budget request — along with efforts to make college cheaper
Biden is requesting boosted funding for Federal Student Aid to help support student-loan borrowers …
Ayelet Sheffey
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How struggling student-loan borrowers could qualify for debt cancellation under Biden's second attempt at relief
The Education Department unveiled plans for student-debt relief for borrowers facing financial hard…
Ayelet Sheffey
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I graduated from college early to save money. It wasn't worth it.
I graduated early to save money. It wasn't worth it. I didn't make friends because my course load w…
Vanessa Ogle
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2.9 million student-loan borrowers are making $0 monthly payments through a new program Republicans are trying to repeal
The Education Department announced 5.5 million student-loan borrowers are now enrolled in the new S…
Ayelet Sheffey
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House Republicans are moving forward with a bill that would overhaul student-loan repayment and make it harder for Biden to get relief to borrowers
Republicans on the House education committee are marking up a bill to cap the borrowing of some stu…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Student-loan borrowers with 'hardship' could be eligible for Biden's next round of relief if the administration can define what that means
Biden is considering what types of hardship would qualify for his new student-loan forgiveness plan…
Ayelet Sheffey
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The strange, twisted logic behind the sky-high cost of college
You got an expensive college degree to get a good job. But what if your good job is what made your …
James S. Murphy
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The 5 groups of student-loan borrowers Biden is targeting for his new broad debt cancellation plan
The Education Department is taking the next step to implement broad student-debt relief, and it ide…
Ayelet Sheffey
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2 companies scammed student-loan borrowers out of $8.8 million in 'illegal' fees over 'phony promises of loan forgiveness and lower monthly payments,' a federal watchdog says
The FTC stopped operations of two companies it accused of collecting fees from borrowers for "stude…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Student-loan borrowers' interest rates would be 'immediately eliminated' if Democratic lawmakers' new bill is passed
"This bill is particularly important in the wake of SCOTUS' decision to strike down" Biden's studen…
Ayelet Sheffey
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A conservative group blocked student-loan forgiveness because 2 borrowers wanted more relief than they qualified for. Here's why it thinks no one else should get to benefit from Biden's plan.
Biden's student-debt cancellation is blocked, thanks in part to one lawsuit arguing his legal path …
Ayelet Sheffey
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4 details you might have missed from Biden's student debt forgiveness announcement
The headline relief figures are simple enough, but Biden's announcement also overhauled income-driv…
Ben Winck,Ayelet Sheffey
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3 steps that would help 'cure the disease' of the student-debt crisis after Biden's one-time relief, according to experts
Biden's plan to forgive up to $20,000 in student debt for federal borrowers won't address future co…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Parents who took on student debt for their kids should receive more benefits from Biden's debt cancellation plans, 8 Democratic senators say
The Democrats want to ensure parents who took on the most restrictive type of student loan can get …
Ayelet Sheffey
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How to get up to $20,000 in student-debt forgiveness that Biden just announced
Up to 8 million borrowers should get student-loan forgiveness automatically, the Education Departme…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Student-loan payments are resuming the same day the government could shut down. Here's what that means for borrowers.
Congress has 13 days to fund the government. If not, the Education Department will shut down the sa…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Who's winning from Biden's student-debt relief? Millennials, public servants, and Black borrowers are seeing the biggest gains.
Biden's student-loan forgiveness announcement triggered celebration as well as criticisms over who …
Jacob Zinkula,Ayelet Sheffey,…
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The White House pushes back on Ted Cruz's 'galling' comments that Biden canceled student debt for the 'slacker barista' who studied 'completely useless things' in college
Following Sen. Cruz's criticism of student-loan forgiveness, economist Bharat Ramamurti emphasized …
Ayelet Sheffey
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Democrats vow to keep fighting for student-loan forgiveness as they slam 'cruel' Supreme Court ruling striking down Biden's plan
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called the decision by the "the MAGA Republican-controlled" hi…
Eliza Relman,Ayelet Sheffey,N…
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It doesn't look like broad student-loan forgiveness will happen under Biden's new debt relief plan
While the Education Department said some student-loan borrowers could see all their debt wiped out …