By Viggo Stacey. International student loan provider MPOWER Financing has secured a $100 million loan facility from Goldman Sachs, which the company says will help expand its loan portfolio and help more students from around the world study in North America. More...
Spiralling rents consume increasing portion of student loans
High Debt, Low Earnings
By Lilah Burke. The Education Department for the first time has released earnings data for thousands of college programs at all degree levels. What do they show. More...
Report: Trump Wants Student Debt Plan
Federal Loans and ISAs
DeVos Wants to Spin Off Student Loan Office
By Paul Fain. Betsy DeVos, the U.S. secretary of education, on Tuesday proposed creating a new, stand-alone federal agency to manage the Education Department's $1.5 trillion student loan portfolio. More...
Haverford Tackles Loan Debt
By Rick Seltzer. New program tries to address student debt concerns after college dropped no-loan policy. Can its targeted, relatively inexpensive model work. More...
Outstanding Student Loan Portfolio Now Tops $1.5 Trillion
By Scott Jaschik. The outstanding portfolio on federal student loans is now $1.51 trillion, according to data released by the Education Department on Friday. More...
529 Savings for Loans
By Madeline St. Amour. Proposed spending bill would let people use 529 savings plans to pay down student loans. Critics say the move would mostly benefit those with enough resources to contribute to a plan. More...
Using Retirement Savings to Pay Down Loans
By Madeline St. Amour. The Higher Education Loan Payment and Enhanced Retirement, or HELPER, Act, would let people take up to $5,250 from a 401(k) or IRA plan to pay off student loans, as well as pay tuition and expenses for a spouse or dependent, according to a news release. More...