The path to student loan forgiveness has been tumultuous at best, and some borrowers eligible for relief may have missed a key deadline to consolidate their student loans. Borrowers had until April 30, 2024, to consolidate their federal student loans into one Direct Loan to help maximize their student debt relief. While you can still
You can consolidate your loans online in a half hour to potentially
To be eligible, borrowers with any of four types of federally managed loans must consolidate them by April 30.
The U.S. Department of Education recently said that it will soon transfer some student loan borrowers to different servicers. Here's what you need to know.
Last week, President Biden visited Madison, Wisconsin where he announced new details for his student debt cancellation plan. While this initiative promises immediate short-term financial relief, it avoids addressing the deeper systemic issues plaguing American higher education. “Starting this fall we plan to deliver up to $20,000 in interest relief to over 20 million borrowers […]
Rep. Kevin Hern called Wednesday for Republicans to turn their sights on President Joe Biden's renewed push to transfer student loan debt to American taxpayers.
Most families take out student loans to cover the rising cost of college. A new report found that incoming freshmen may have $37,000 in debt by graduation.
By Adesina Wahab Just like the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, which is meant to be an intervention agency in the education sector, especially at the tertiary level, the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, NELFUND, has been set up to also provide succour for the sector. However, both agencies are not for the benefit of private […]
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Amid growing discontent about America funding Israel’s bombing of Gaza, President Joe Biden is set to give the commencement speech at Morehouse College on May 19. Morehouse, a 157-year-old historically Black college in Atlanta, extended the invitation to Biden in September, the month before Hamas launched a deadly attack in Israel and took hostages. But news of the president’s scheduled address wasn’t announced until last week, when anti-war protesters on college campuses across the country were...
The Education Department said Wednesday it'll automatically erase loans for 317,000 people who attended any Art Institute campus between Jan. 1, 2004, and Oct. 16, 2017.
by WorldTribune Staff, April 21, 2024 A female student at a Pennsylvania middle school charged teachers and administrators with not stopping, despite her warnings, a boy who identifies as a girl from brutally assaulting a female student. The assault took place at the Pennbrook Middle School cafeteria on Wednesday, when the 13-year-old trans student used […]