Consumer advocates criticized the department’s new focus on financial literacy, saying more pressing issues exist. In a CNBC ...

Millions of Americans are in trouble with their student loans. But the Department of Education remains shutdown ...

The Department of Education sent mass emails to student loan borrowers who have been waiting for their forgiveness, informing ...

Despite the ongoing US government shutdown, federal student loan payments continue, and most borrower services remain ...

The Department of Education has shut down but for most former and current college and university students, it's business as ...

Some student-loan borrowers on income-based repayment plans are on track for debt cancellation, but the government shutdown ...

After a halt for most of the year, borrowers enrolled in one income-driven repayment plan may begin to receive loan ...

Trump fired more federal workers during the government shutdown. It could strip their eligibility for the Public Service Loan ...

The government shutdown means further disruption for the U.S. Education Department, which has seen half of its employees laid ...

The agreement, pending court approval, ensures the Education Department processes loan forgiveness applications for more ...

Parents looking to take out federal Parent PLUS loans to fund their child's college education will now be limited to caps of ...

The longer a federal shutdown lasts, the harder it will be for local school districts, universities and the federal Education ...