By Andrew Kreighbaum. After ruling that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos unlawfully delayed an Obama administration loan rule designed to protect defrauded student borrowers, a federal district court judge is still weighing what, if any, provisions of the rule should go into effect. More...
By Andrew Kreighbaum. The spending bill for fiscal year 2019, which begins October 1, would increase the Education Department's total budget to $71.5 billion -- a second year in a row Congress has boosted funding, despite calls for heavy cuts by the Trump administration. More...
By Andrew Kreighbaum. The Department of Education has until Oct. 12 to offer a stronger justification for delaying an Obama-era student loan rule issued to help defrauded borrowers. If it can't do so, the rule will take effect, a federal judge said Monday. More...
By Andrew Kreighbaum. A federal court last week blocked the Education Department's plans to cancel contracts with debt collection firms handling defaulted student loans. More...
By Andrew Kreighbaum. The Education Department received about 28,000 applications for Public Service Loan Forgiveness as of June 30 of this year but so far has approved just under 300 applications for loan discharge, according to new federal data released Wednesday. More...
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Telemarketers from several student loan relief companies falsely represented themselves as employees of the federal government and told borrowers they could not enroll in debt-relief programs like income-based repayment on their own, the New York attorney general alleged in a lawsuit filed in New York Supreme Court Thursday. More...
By Andrew Kreighbaum. The federal government’s primary accountability rule for colleges and universities measures the loan defaults in a cohort of student borrowers within three years of entering repayment. More...
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Mobile trivia app promises borrowers a chance to have debt paid. But game, which lets users pay for more chances at points and steers them to corporate partners, alarms some experts. Most users spend $4 a month, but company has imposed a limit of $2,500 a week. More...
By Andrew Kreighbaum. The student loan ombudsman at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said he was stepping down from the agency Monday in a resignation letter that sharply criticized the Trump administration. More...
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Inside the Trump administration, question is not whether to move forward with an experiment reinstating Pell Grants for incarcerated students, but how to evaluate its success. More...
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