Across the country, students are returning to colleges and universities and gaining two things that will follow them forever — wisdom and debt. In truth, student debt isn’t even a recent phenomenon.…
Public Service Loan Forgiveness is denied on “arbitrary and capricious” grounds, argues a lawsuit filed Thursday. The education union The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) has sued Education Secretary Betsy DeVos for…
Business and economic writers on the idea of student loan debt cancellation. But the discussion is starting to shift away from calling it nonsensical. While the idea has and been dismissed as…
If Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) successfully passes his proposed cancellation of student debt, investors say it could lead to them seeing slightly lower returns. As Grit Post reported Monday, the proposed debt…
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) is officially the first presidential candidate to propose eliminating all $1.6 trillion in outstanding student debt and pair it with tuition-free college. And under Sanders’ plan, high-frequency stock…
Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) has signed into law a bill that will no longer take work licenses from Texas residents for defaulting on their student loans. posted late last week, Gov.…
Navient (formerly Sallie Mae) is now a Fortune 500 company, and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) doesn’t think this is anything to brag about. The company is America’s largest servicer of federal student…
If a new bipartisan bill is passed, student debtors around the U.S. may finally have a way out of crushing debt that persists for decades. On Friday, Senators Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) and…
A surprising dilemma is plaguing elderly Americans. It’s a crisis usually associated with millennials, but millions over 60 are dealing with it in stark terms. “This is a mountain that I will…
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) just rolled out another bold policy platform — universal free public college and a promise to cancel student debt. Specifically, Sen. Warren wants to cancel for those earning…