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This story originally appeared on Wisconsin Public Radio. Beginning this week, student loan borrowers could receive a notice that the federal government is coming for their paycheck. The Trump administration announced in April that it would resume collections of federal student loan debt, but it hasn’t acted on it until now. The U.S. Department of …
This story originally appeared in TIME Magazine. The Department of Education is shifting a number of its responsibilities to other federal agencies—a move that education experts say continues the Trump Administration’s efforts to dismantle the department, and that they fear will lead to delays in schools receiving critical funding. Certain offices serving schools and colleges …
This story originally appeared on the UW–Madison School of Education website. A college degree is more likely to be rated as economically “worth it” when local-level income data, rather than state-level data, is used to measure return on investment, according to a new report from UW–Madison researchers. The report released today by the Student Success Through Applied …
This story originally appeared in Newsweek. Government-mandated payment pauses and extensions are set to come to an end in early 2025. Borrowers will soon resume making monthly student loan payments, and some may be looking to find ways to pay off student loan debt faster. Why It Matters According to a Q3 2024 household debt …
This story originally appeared in Newsweek. Experts have warned the return of accruing student loan interest could have major implications on the lives of young adults, and America’s population as a whole—from delaying family formation to causing them to stop buying prescription medication. On August 1, the Trump administration will resume interest charges on the …
This story originally appeared in TIME Magazine. The U.S. Department of Education announced on April 21 that the Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) will restart its student debt collections on May 5. The announcement marks the first time in five years that the federal government may penalize Americans who fall behind on their student …
This story originally appeared on Fox News. The White House announced that student loan debt collection will resume in May. Nicholas Hillman, a professor in the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, joins LiveNOW from FOX to discuss the latest.
This story originally appeared in Salon. For student loan borrowers, the latest social media rumor sounds alluring: that the Elon Musk-led dismantling of the Department of Education and ensuing breaches of private data could cancel the debt they owe. Creators argue that the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, passed in 1974 to protect the privacy …
This story originally aired on Wisconsin Public Radio. The federal funding freeze announced last week continues to be a source of confusion and anxiety for some organizations in Wisconsin. We talk to the leader of a trade group suing the Trump administration over the freeze, then hear updates on how Head Start programs in the …
This story originally appeared in The Washington Post. With no car and a toddler, Shamya Jones enrolled this fall at the four-year university in her small town in Mississippi — Delta State University. She planned to major in digital media arts, but before she could start, the college eliminated that major along with 20 other …