The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) filed a lawsuit against the Department of Education this week hoping to restore ...

The path for current student loans is uncertain, but forgiveness options look even less likely for future borrowers.

The U.S. Education Department on Wednesday reopened online applications for income-driven repayment plans for student loan borrowers.

The Education Department reopened the application for all income-driven repayment (IDR) plans on Mar. 26, after a month-long suspension that blocked federal student loan borrowers from enrolling ...

Federal student loan borrowers should start repaying their loans so as not to affect their credit scores. A pause on credit ...

The Education Department reopened the application for all income-driven repayment (IDR) plans on Mar. 26, after a month-long suspension that blocked federal student loan borrowers from enrolling in an ...

Income-Contingent Repayment (ICR)—determines payments as either 20 percent of discretionary income or a fixed amount over 12 years, whichever is lower. Loan forgiveness is available after 25 years, ...

The lawsuit argued that the application removal impeded borrowers' progress in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, which forgives student debt for government and nonprofit workers ...

A major U.S. teachers union has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Education accusing Republican President Donald ...

The Trump administration needed to revise the income-driven repayment plan application in order to comply with the February ruling, said James Bergeron, acting under secretary at the Education ...

What student loan repayment plans are affected by this suspension ... and get a sense of what options are available to you if the form is not available online to recertify your income," Aissa ...

If you qualify, student loan forgiveness could eliminate any remaining federal debt you owe -- after a period of repayment.