Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. More than 42 million Americans owe a total of $1.1 trillion in student debt, making it the second-largest liability on the national balance sheet. More...
By . University graduates who move overseas for more than six months will now have to pay back their student loans. 
By Emily Roberts. During my presentations on personal finance for grad students, I am frequently asked about debt – more specifically, when and how to pay off debt. Debt often appears to be an attractive option for low-income individuals like graduate students because it can enable you to “buy now, pay later” – acquire possessions or experiences now and spread paying for them out over months or years into the future. Read more...
Legislators in 10 states will announce today that they are introducing bills in their respective legislatures to create debt-free options in public higher education. Read more...
The U.S. Department of Education announced Thursday that it has granted the requests for debt forgiveness made by more than 1,300 federal student loan borrowers who attended Heald College, a subsidiary of the now-defunct for-profit Corinthian Colleges chain. Read more...
Hundreds of colleges on Friday urged congressional leaders to grant a one-year reprieve to the federal Perkins Loan Program, which expired earlier this fall. Read more...
By Carl Straumsheim. Renting textbooks is a popular option for frugal students, but one company has for years -- and without notice -- erroneously sent students to collection agencies, in some cases demanding hundreds of dollars in replacement fees. Read more...
By John Elmes. Loans to students taking higher technical training should “reflect or begin to compete” with those offered to university students to address the “imbalance” between further and higher education funding, a conference has heard. More...
Le 01 décembre 2015, le Fonds Européen d'Investissement et la BPCE (Banques Populaires - Caisses d'Epargnes) ont signé le premier accord en France concernant le mécanisme de garantie de prêt pour les étudiants en master.
By David Jobbins. Students who have already graduated from English universities face higher loan repayments after Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announced that the earnings threshold is to be frozen at £21,000 (US$31,700) a year until 2021. Read more...
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