NASFAA By Allie Bidwell, NASFAA Senior Reporter With a new Congress poised to renew efforts to reauthorize the Higher Education Act (HEA) in the new year, conversations around institutional accountability and student outcomes will likely resurface. A key issue at hand is how to better hold institutions accountable for […]
Inside Higher Ed by Andrew Kreighbaum Telemarketers from several student loan relief companies falsely represented themselves as employees of the federal government and told borrowers they could not enroll in debt-relief programs like income-based repayment on their own, the New York attorney general alleged in a lawsuit filed in New York Supreme […]
Inside Higher Ed By Andrew Kreighbaum An Education Department plan to begin cutting large debt collection firms out of the student loan system is on hold after Congress warned against move. The Department of Education planned this month to begin reshaping the role of private debt collection firms in handling […]
Inside Higher Ed Student borrowers argue the education secretary must follow previous policy to grant full loan relief to former Corinthian Colleges students. By Andrew Kreighbaum June 4, 2018 After granting student borrowers a temporary victory last month against the Department of Education, a federal judge this week will consider larger questions about […]
Inside Higher Ed By Andrew Kreighbaum June 5, 2017 Student loan borrowers looking to enroll in income-driven repayment programs — or to recertify their income levels — can once again automatically transfer their tax return data into applications. The Department of Education announced Friday that it had restored access to the […]