The new data raises serious questions about the Education Department’s ability to process student loan forgiveness and ...

Hundreds of thousands of student loan borrowers remain stuck in a backlog of requests for an affordable payment plan or debt ...

Public Service Loan Forgiveness has long drawn criticism because of high ineligibility rates fueled by strict and detailed requirements and miscommunication from federal student loan providers.

"I have no expectation about whether they will or won't be tightened any further, but the new rule is clearly designed to tighten PSLF standards," said Thomas.

Key Points ・The Education Department reports 802,730 income-driven repayment (IDR) applications pending as of November 30, ...

Many US student loan borrowers are overpaying without realising it, as awareness of federal relief programs remains low.

PSLF, which President George W. Bush signed into law in 2007, allows certain not-for-profit and government employees to have their federal student loans canceled after 10 years of payments. Here's ...

On March 7, Trump issued Executive Order 14235 directing the Education Department to revise the requirements for employment ...

The cities of Albuquerque, N.M., Boston, Chicago and San Francisco are suing the Trump administration over changes it plans to make to the popular Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, or PSLF. The ...

Americans currently owe $1.75 trillion in student loans. Forgiveness doesn't make that money disappear — it just shifts who ...

WASHINGTON — President Trump is poised to sign an executive order barring “public service” student debt forgiveness for people employed by certain “anti-American” advocacy organizations. The order ...

On Mar. 7, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that seeks to limit who can qualify for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF). It directs the Education Secretary to write a proposal ...