Avoid Student Debt at Colleges with No Student Loans February 25, 2021 2:08 PM by Izzy Hall Here at Scholarships.com, we connect students with scholarships that can help alleviate the amount of student loans they need to take out to pay for college. But there are colleges out there that
Student Loan Borrowers See Benefits, Better Credit Scores Amid Pandemic October 13, 2020 4:01 PM by Susan Dutca-Lovell What to know about student loan debt relief during the coronavirus
Senator Outlines Student Loan Relief in New Proposal July 30, 2020 11:49 AM by Izzy Hall Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, the current chairman of the Senate education committee, has recently proposed the Student Loan Repayment and FAFSA Simplification Act, a piece of legislation
Want Help with Student Debt? Try These Resources June 12, 2020 9:54 AM by Izzy Hall Are you dealing with student debt? You’re not alone. The amount of student debt that Americans owe is a staggeringly-high $1.7 trillion dollars and growing. Almost 70% of graduating high school
Plans to Tackle Student Loan Debt in 2020 December 30, 2019 2:44 PM by Susan Dutca-Lovell If there is one thing upon which 2020 Presidential candidates and government officials agree, it is that something must be done to resolve the issue of college student debt, which has now outpaced
$43M in Loans Forgiven for Students of Closed Colleges September 6, 2019 9:18 AM by Susan Dutca-Lovell The federal government discharged more than $43 million in student loan debt for former students of recently closed for-profit colleges. Students who attended programs operated by Education
Education Department Beats out Debt Collectors in Student Loan Collection Battle August 6, 2019 11:49 AM by Susan Dutca-Lovell A U.S. Federal Judge paved way for the Education Department to halt usage of private debt collectors and overhaul the existing federal student loan program by consolidating loan servicing and default
Education Dept. to Rewrite the 2016 Loan Rule Overhaul January 22, 2019 3:55 PM by Susan Dutca-Lovell The Education Department will rewrite its overhaul of a 2016 Obama Loan Rule - most likely by dropping the "most restrictive provisions" of an earlier attempt to replace the borrower-defense rule.
College Debt the Main Woe for Students, Parents March 28, 2017 10:30 AM by Susan Dutca-Lovell The Princeton Review’s 2017 College Hopes & Worries survey reveals that biggest worry for students and parents is the "level of debt I/my child will take on to pay for the degree." While this concern
The Pros and Cons of Commuting July 15, 2015 by Ashley Grego Commuting from home is awesome or awful depending on the student. Do the benefits of commuting outweigh the negatives? As a commuter student, I have firsthand experience with the pros as well as the