The U.S. Department of Education on Tuesday finalized the regulations carrying out President Obama's expansion of the government's most generous income-based repayment program to more federal student loan borrowers. Read more...

PricewaterhouseCoopers, the large auditing and professional services company, has created a program to help its new hires pay off their student debt. The company, which hires up to 12,000 recent college graduates each year, will contribute $1,200 per year for up to six years to pay down its new employees' student debt. Read more...

By Ray Cross. For nearly six decades, the Federal Perkins Loan Program provided needy students with financial aid that helped make going to college more accessible and affordable. On Sept. 30, that loan program expired. Read more...

By Doug Lederman. Students who took out student loans and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2014 had an average debt load of $28,950, up 2 percent from the year before and 56 percent more than their peers from 10 years earlier, the Institute for College Access and Success says in a report released today. Read more...