Out of the approximately 30,000 people who applied for the Department of Education’s public service student loan forgiveness program, only 96 had their loans forgiven. The program, which former President George W.…
The top official at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) overseeing the federal government’s $1.5 trillion student debt portfolio has resigned. In his resignation letter, Seth Frotman accused acting CFPB Director Mick…
As the student debt bubble appears on track to surpass $1.5 trillion this year with no end in sight, free public college is becoming more and more appealing for young Americans. While…
The daunting cost of college has led to a six-year trend of steadily decreasing university enrollment. Colleges are now proposing a controversial alternative to loans as a means of appealing to lower-income…
President Trump and Congress could boost the U.S. economy by $1 trillion by simply erasing federal student debt, all for a negligible cost. That’s according to a recent study by Bard College’s…
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is making decisions that will impact millions of young people for decades to come — even freshmen students starting their first semester. While DeVos’ recent decision to roll…