Here’s what student loan borrowers should know about the July 1, 2026 cutoff, and what you should do to avoid restricting ...

Filing for bankruptcy to eliminate student loan debt has long been seen as nearly impossible - but changes in policy and ...

The student loan system feels increasingly unstable and that uncertainty is now driving more people to look for relief.

With wage garnishments currently suspended, there’s a window of opportunity to get ahead—before debt collection efforts ...

Even since a major reform of the bankruptcy laws in 2005, discharging private student loans through bankruptcy has been very difficult if not almost impossible. But on Aug. 31, 2020, a court affirmed ...

Since May 2025, the pandemic era pause on federal student loan payments and interest has officially ended, and collections on ...

It's easy to blame borrowers. But are we ensuring students and families actually have the information they need to make ...

Rule 523 dictates the debts you can't erase through bankruptcy (and the list might surprise you).

Millions of people have gotten a break from paying their federal student loans during the pandemic. But there's been no relief for millions of others with private student loans who may not realize ...

The Trump administration announced that this week it will start forcibly collecting money from student loan debtors.

People with private student loans have been struggling during the pandemic. Their loans aren't eligible for the government's penalty-free repayment pause, which is in effect until at least Oct. 1 for ...

The misfortunes that brought schoolteachers Devin and Sarah Stang and their four young children to bankruptcy-and the loss of their house and a car in the process-were their own unique story. They ...