Americans owe more than $1 trillion in student loan debt. Here are some of their stories, from Consumer Reports' special ...
I just keep hoping that it will just magically go away or I’ll just die”: A growing feature of the nation’s $1.7 trillion ...
In 2020, California led the nation in outlawing transcript-withholding, a debt collection practice that sometimes kept low-income college students from getting jobs or advanced degrees. Five years ...
California and other states began blocking colleges from withholding students' transcripts for unpaid bills five years ago.
The executives of for-profit colleges that caused borrowers' student debt to spiral need to be held accountable for losses, the Education Dept. said.
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It may be possible to use personal loans to pay off student loans, though not all lenders allow this. Refinancing federal student loans to a personal loan eliminates access to income-driven repayment ...