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New Department of Education Rule Makes Accreditors Prove Degrees Are Worth The Cost
The job hasn't changed, but the degree required to get it has. Over the past three decades, one profession after another has raised its educational entry price: a bachelor's became a master's...a master's became a doctorate...a short training course became a year of mandatory classes.These new…
Lawsuit Demands Proof Education Dept. Delivered $23 Billion in Student Loan Forgiveness
A new federal lawsuit is trying to answer a question more than 1.5 million student loan borrowers have been asking: did the Department of Education actually cancel the loans it publicly promised to forgive?The Project on Predatory Student Lending (PPSL) sued the Department (PDF File) on July 1,…
Applied For SAVE But Never Got In? Loan Servicers Are Denying Applications
Student loan borrowers who applied for the SAVE plan but were never officially enrolled are now receiving denial letters from their loan servicers. These are borrowers who submitted an application for SAVE or an old application selecting the option "Lowest Repayment Plan", but their applications…
New Bill Would Let Teachers Double-Dip PSLF And Teacher Loan Forgiveness
A pair of Democratic bills introduced in May would eliminate one of the oldest restrictions in federal student loan policy: the rule that blocks teachers from counting the same years of teaching service toward both Teacher Loan Forgiveness (TLF) and Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF).The…
Staying In SAVE Forbearance Has Cost Borrowers $3,500 Each — Here’s What Every Scenario Costs
Formal 90-day notices began going out to more than 7 million SAVE borrowers on July 1, arriving in waves. Borrowers who don't choose a new repayment plan by their deadline (roughly September 30 for the first group) will be placed on the Standard plan automatically.In response, a common refrain has…
Why Consolidating Your Student Loans in 2026 Can Set You Back
For most borrowers after July 1, 2026, consolidating federal student loans no longer offers a real upside — and it can quietly erase progress you've already earned towards loan forgiveness. The one situation where it still helps is getting out of default.Consolidation used to be a helpful tool for…
Education Department Will Cut Federal Loans From Low-Earning College Programs
The U.S. Department of Education announced a final rule that will, for the first time, strip federal student loan eligibility from college and career programs whose graduates fail to out-earn workers who never enrolled.The Student Tuition and Transparency System (STATS) and Earnings Accountability…
What Changed for Student Loan Borrowers on July 1, 2026
The biggest overhaul of federal student loans in a generation just took effect. Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, borrowers who take out federal loans on or after July 1, 2026 face fewer repayment options, hard borrowing caps, and slightly higher interest rates.While many of these changes apply…
ED Expands Professional Degree List to 29 Programs After Court Order
Home / News / ED Expands Professional Degree List to 29 Programs After Court StayED Expands Professional Degree List to 29 Programs After Court StayUpdated: June 30, 2026 By Robert Farrington | Many or all of the products featured here may be from our partners who compensate us. This doesn't…
Federal Judge Strikes Down Education Dept.’s New PSLF Employer Rule
A federal judge has thrown out the Department of Education's controversial new Public Service Loan Forgiveness rule, ruling it unlawful one day before it was scheduled to take effect.In a 68-page decision issued June 30, 2026, U.S. District Judge Myong J. Joun of the District of Massachusetts (PDF…
Faculty Unions Oppose 3-Year Degrees As Massachusetts, Virginia And Ohio Push Ahead
The two largest faculty unions in the country are drawing a line against three-year bachelor's degrees, just as more states moves to make them real.The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) issued a joint statement opposing accelerated…
Syracuse University Admits First Budget Deficit in Years After Missing 2026 Enrollment
Syracuse University Chancellor J. Michael Haynie told the community last week that it will not hit its undergraduate enrollment target for the fall and, as a result, will run a budget deficit "something the University has not experienced in quite some time."His letter framed the shortfall as the…