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U.S. Waives Federal Student Loan Payments
The Trump Administration is acknowledging the strain that COVID-19 is putting on Americans’ finances by deciding to suspend federal student loans ...
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What is Zombie Student Loan Debt?
For many college graduates, a major milestone to be proud of is finally paying off your student loan debt. Student loans can take years and even ...
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Education Department Rejects 99% of Student Loan Forgiveness Applicants
Last year, Congress members approved the Temporary Expanded Public Service Loan Forgiveness (TEPSLF) program. It set aside $700 million to help ...
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Report Reveals Navient Pushed High-Cost Plans on Struggling Borrowers
According to a Department of Education audit, Navient Corp., the third largest student loan servicing company in the United States, pushed tens of ...
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Advocate Group Sues Betsy DeVos for Failing to Implement Automatic Student Loan Forgiveness
The Housing and Economic Rights Advocates (HERA) filed a new lawsuit against Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, saying the Department of Education ...
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Education Secretary Tries to Make It Harder for Students Seeking Debt Relief
The U.S. Education Department has proposed new changes to rules enacted during the Obama-era that offer debt relief to students who were defrauded by ...
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Do Student Loans Affect Your Credit Score?
With recent studies showing that college students graduate with an average of $33,000 in debt, it is normal to be concerned about the financial ...
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Secretary of Education Decision to Benefit 800+ College Career-Training Programs
Betsy DeVos, the United States Secretary of Education for the Trump Administration, has recently announced that the Department of Education (DOE) ...
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Navient Ordered to Pay $300,000 for Robocall Harassment
Robocall harassment is a growing problem in the United States. Creditor agencies and loan companies make hundreds of phone calls to the same ...
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Case Law Update: Brunner v. New York State Higher Educ. Servs. Corp.
A recent case has been reviewed and re-reviewed by a higher court by using the standards established in Brunner v. New York State Higher Educ. Servs. ...
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Student Loan Debt & Undue Hardship: Recent Ruling Could Provide Hope to Student Loan Borrowers
Student loans have become one of the largest financial concerns of our generation, and for good reason. Today, student loan debt exceeds all other ...
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New Jersey Mom Continues to Pay Off State Student Loans Despite Son's Murder
Kevin DeOliveira-Longinetti was an honors student and talented athlete when he enrolled at the University of Vermont in 2009. According to CBS News, ...
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Attorney Jim Haller Authors Student Loan Debt Article Featured by The Hill
Chicago Consumer Attorney and Atlas Consumer Law Associate Jim Haller recently authored an opinion piece on student loan debt published by The Hill. ...
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Hope For Student Debtors?
Unlike other types of debt, student loans are notoriously known for being near impossible to discharge, with the debtor given the burden of proving ...
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Student Loan Firm Accused of Borrower Abuse
A group of more than two dozen state attorneys general has accused Navient Corp. (formerly known as Sallie Mae), America’s largest student loan firm, ...
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Father Wins Student Loan Debt Relief
A federal appeals court has urged a bankruptcy judge to consider a settlement that would allow a Duxbury father to erase more than $246,000 in student ...
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Federal Judge: Broke Lawyers Can Have Their Student Loan Debts Cancelled
This March, The Wall Street Journal reported that law school graduates who file for bankruptcy can receive a discharge of the debt they racked up ...
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U.S. Marshals Arresting Student Loan Borrowers
The U.S. Marshals Service is arresting people in Houston for not paying their outstanding federal student loans. According to a Fox 26 article on the ...
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Student Loan Debt Relief: How Much Hardship Does it Really Take?
The Department of Education has recently intervened in the case of a 65-year-old man named Robert Murphy, who has struggled for over three years in a ...
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Why Student Debt is Worse Than You May Think
It is no secret that student debt is becoming a massive problem in the United States, threatening both the financial futures of students bogged by ...
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First Wave of Student Loan Forgiveness Coming Soon
Of all consumer debts, student loans have the highest rate of default and delinquency rates. As many as 43 million people make up this $1.3 trillion ...
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Is Student Debt Financially Crippling Young Americans?
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York revealed that, according to research, students in the United States collectively owe roughly $1.2 trillion in ...
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When a student loan co-signer dies
Many young adults opt to attend college within the first few years following their graduation from high school. At such a young age, rarely do any of ...
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