The Pell Grant – a need-based higher education grant from the U.S. Department of Education that, unlike a loan, does not need to be repaid – lies at the heart of the federal financial aid ...

For students starting a new program on/after July 1, 2026, loans will be capped at $20,000 annually, and parents can borrow no more than $65,000 total, a big change from the unlimited borrowing setup.

At-a-Glance ✅ Payments still due and loan servicers remain open.✅ Pell Grants and Direct Loans will continue to be disbursed, ...

Student loan borrowers who have defaulted on payments could have up to 15% of their pay docked by the federal government ...

Pennsylvania is emerging as an exception in America’s education crisis, with students outperforming national averages in ...

An FBI analyst has testified that a fingerprint on a rifle scope matches that of Ryan Routh, who is accused of trying to assassinate Donald Trump.

The debtor’s revolt in Western Massachusetts, which took place in the 1780s and came to be called “Shays’ Rebellion,” was believed to have compelled the drafting and ratification of the U.S.

A group that has legally challenged the Department of Education in the past has filed a new complaint this week seeking a remedy for the thousands of borrowers waiting in limbo for their promised ...

Sweeping changes are coming to student loans, courtesy of President Trump’s so-called "big beautiful bill." Almost everyone with a federal loan for higher education will be affected — including the ...

Some MOHELA student loan borrowers will be transferred to other servicers by the end of the year, according to Forbes. In discussions between Massachusetts' Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren and ...

WASHINGTON -- Teachers, social workers, nurses and other public workers would be cut off from a popular student loan cancellation program if the Trump administration finds their employer engaged in ...

The Connecticut Student Loan Reimbursement Program is reopening for applications with expanded eligibility requirements. The program, which provides up to $5,000 annually for four years to eligible ...