The federal student loan program has inadvertently made college unaffordable, increasing student debt. Federally subsidized loans have incentivized colleges to raise tuition costs, capturing a ...

President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill is massively rolling back federal student-loan programs in a nearly complete-180-degree turnaround from the Biden-era debt-forgiveness movement. The newly passed ...

When Congress failed to fund the government at the beginning of October, students seeking federal financial aid were plunged into a bureaucratic nightmare. As political leaders bicker over a spending ...

A potential government shutdown looms as lawmakers are deadlocked over the 2026 federal budget. The Department of Education plans to furlough about 95% of its non-Federal Student Aid staff in the ...