Roughly a tenth of employees in the office overseeing federal student loans take buyouts
More than 100 employees at the Federal Student Aid office accepted the Trump administration's buyout offers, according to an ...
DOGE Can Access Student Loan Data At The Department Of Education, Says Court
A court declined to prevent DOGE from accessing sensitive student loan borrower data housed at the Department of Education.
You could save money by refinancing your student loans—here's which borrowers make the ‘best candidates'
President Donald Trump seems poised to make big changes to the federal student loan system. But that still may not mean ...
No, Filing A FERPA Complaint Won’t Cancel Your Student Loans
While privacy concerns may be valid, pursuing a FERPA complaint is highly unlikely to result in student loan cancellation.
What will dismantling the Education Department mean for your student loans?
The Trump administration is gearing up for large changes to the Department of Education, which oversees a $1.6 trillion ...
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People Say Their Student Loans Are Being Canceled Because Elon Musk's DOGE Violated Their Privacy Rights. Here's What's Really Going On.
It seems like suddenly everyone is an "expert" on FERPA, an obscure privacy law that most of us had never heard of a week ago ...
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FAFSA and Student Loan Help Is no Place for AI
The so-called Department of Government Efficiency has suggested AI could replace staff that answer thousands of FAFSA and ...
Feeling Stressed About the Future of Your Student Loans? I'm a Financial Advisor—Here's What You Need to Know
How Brenton Harrison, Founder of New Money, New Problems, is talking to his clients about student loans in 2025.
How Student Loan Borrowers Can Protect Their Data From DOGE
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) may get access to student loan data. Here are ways borrowers can protect ...
Millions of student-loan borrowers are at the center of the latest probes into Elon Musk's DOGE
A lawsuit filed against the Education Department accused it of giving DOGE access to student-loan borrowers' personal ...
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With education department under threat, what can student loan borrowers do?
Borrowers can’t control what President Trump tries to do to student loans or the Education Department. But you can take these ...
Judge to consider order to keep DOGE from accessing student loan databases
Attorneys for a group of California students cited an Elon Musk tweet in arguing that Musk's DOGE agency should be blocked ...