With most relief programs paused or gutted, the IBR plan remains one of the few paths to full student debt cancellation.

Some student loan borrowers who have made the necessary number of payments may have their remaining balances forgiven. It is ...

The Department of Education announced last week that borrowers who have met the qualifying payment count under Income-Based ...

The Department of Education (ED) will continue many of its core operations during the Government shutdown with student loan borrowers expected to make payments on their debt and aid still dispersed, ...

The Trump administration has agreed to resume student loan forgiveness for an estimated 2.5 million borrowers who are ...

Student loan payments are due, the agency is disbursing federal aid, and FAFSA applications are being processed. Some services have been halted during the shutdown. Listed below are some of the ...

A potential government shutdown looms as lawmakers are deadlocked over the 2026 federal budget. The Department of Education plans to furlough about 95% of its non-Federal Student Aid staff in the ...

The U.S. Department of Education is working with a skeleton staff during the government shutdown, but the agency does have a contingency plan in place and most core operations will continue, officials ...

A government shutdown on Wednesday could have the potential to disrupt a multitude of federal activities — but people with student loans are expected to continue making their repayments, according to ...

Already diminished by cuts by the Trump administration, the U.S. Education Department will see more of its work come to a halt due to the government shutdown. The department says many of its core ...

Federal student loans will continue to accrue interest during shutdown. FAFSA opened on Sept. 24 and applications are still being processed. Pell Grants and federal student loans will continue to be ...

In addition, Parent PLUS loans (subsidized) will be limited to $20,000 per year, with an aggregate limit of $65,000 per student, while graduate student loans will be limited to $20,500 per year with ...