A Direct Student Loan is another name for a federally issued student loan in the United States. If you borrowed money from ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

On August 12, the U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the 8th Circuit upheld a lower court’s ruling that discharged a debtor’s student loan debt owed to a state bank, finding that repayment would ...

Learn the key steps to take before December 31 to qualify for tax-free student loan forgiveness—and avoid missing out on ...

The Education Department is moving forward with its second attempt at student-loan forgiveness. It'll be more narrow than the first time around.

One of the most poignant features of student debt is that, short of paying it off, it's pretty much impossible to get rid of. In 2005, the bankruptcy code was updated to make private loans ...

If you’re deep in debt, at what point are you actually bankrupt? Before declaring bankruptcy, you have a few options to ...