Here’s what student loan borrowers should know about the July 1, 2026 cutoff, and what you should do to avoid restricting ...

Key Points ・Some federal student loan borrowers (especially parents with Parent PLUS loans) must consolidate before June 30, 2026 to keep access to income-driven repayment and loan forgiveness ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S. President Donald Trump, joined by Republican lawmakers, signs the One, Big Beautiful Bill Act into law during an Independence ...

WASHINGTON,DC - SEPTEMBER 30: Secretary of Education Linda McMahon speaks with President Donald J Trump in the Oval Office at the White House on Tuesday, Sept 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. The ...

THEIR EDUCATION. THE CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF MARYLAND SAYS AROUND 6000 STUDENTS ACROSS THE SYSTEM BORROWED FROM THE GRAD PLUS LOAN PROGRAM LAST YEAR. BUT THAT PROGRAM WILL SOON BE ...

Student loan types can be confusing, and choosing poorly can cost thousands of dollars over a career. I focus here on seven major options and the smarter alternatives that recent reporting highlights, ...

Big changes are in store for the federal student loan program. President Trump’s tax and spending bill, which was signed into law last summer, ends a supplemental loan for graduate students and caps ...

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Greg Jackson, a history teacher for New Haven Public Schools, remembers coming home from class at community college in Orange County, New York, in 1993 to find a $3,000 bill waiting for him. He said ...

Federal loan caps and the elimination of Grad PLUS Loans raise concerns among healthcare and education students at the ...

Federal student loan laws are changing in 2026, with new limits on how much some parents and students can borrow. The caps are expected to push more borrowers to private student loans for college ...

Nursing groups are pushing back against changes by the Trump administration to federal loan eligibility rules that exclude nursing from the "professional degree" classification. These changes will ...