Robert F. Smith eliminated student loan debt for the Morehouse College class of 2019. Five years later, he has a plan ...

The Trump administration says it will begin garnishing the wages of student loan borrowers who are in default early in 2026.

The Trump administration says wage garnishment for defaulted federal student loans will begin in January, ending a pandemic-era pause.

Repayment plans and loan limits are set to change, while the Education Department remains in flux. “It will be a really ...

The government plans to seize portions of borrowers' paychecks to the cover defaulted debts. Here's what you should do now to ...

Student loans continue to trouble millions of Americans, with a total of $1.77 trillion already owed. This crisis has been a major political issue for a while, especially after former President Biden ...

Student debt has transformed prenuptial (prenup) agreements from wealth preservation tools into debt shields. Seventy-seven percent of Americans with student loans would consider a prenup, according ...

Addressing America’s student-loan crisis requires innovative solutions that tackle both the root causes and the symptoms of the problem. Rising tuition costs, inefficient repayment systems, and the ...

Rising student loan and credit card debt are reshaping homeownership for younger Americans, creating new challenges and ...

Khallilah Beecham-Watkins is a first-generation student now $80,000 in debt. Khallilah Beecham-Watkins and her family celebrated when she became the first person in her family to graduate from college ...

(Special to The Root) — The start of the 2012-2013 academic year brought a nasty surprise for thousands of parents of low-income college students. They had kept their sons and daughters in school ...

Students are already taking out mortgage-sized loans for college. The financial jiu-jitsu of pairing bitcoin with student loans can fix the student debt crisis. Student loans continue to trouble ...