Fed loophole lets lenders keep using college logos to pitch student loans

By Cezary Podkul

Fed loophole lets lenders keep using college logos to pitch student loans

After a disabled borrower’s six-year ordeal, bureaucracy finally forgives student loan

By Sasha Chavkin

After six years battling Education Department, the government finally has forgiven Tina Brooks.

Education Department pulls student debt collectors guide off website

By Ariel Wittenberg

Students who defaulted on a college loan have one less tool to help them negotiate with collections agencies now that the U.S. Education Dep
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Stimulus-funded USDA loan program lent to ineligible borrowers

By Laurel Adams

Roughly $10 billion in Recovery Act funds went to guarantee housing loans in rural areas, but an audit shows the program lent to a high numb

Education Department promises a fix to troubled disability review program

By Sasha Chavkin

After an investigation by ProPublica and Center for Public Integrity last week found that the Department of Education’s bureaucratic program

Federal red tape traps disabled borrowers with student loan debt

Borrowers who become severely disabled can get federal student loans forgiven, but the program for deciding whether they qualify is a dysfun
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For-profit schools with Web, health care classes depend more on federal student aid

By Julie Vorman

For-profit schools that specialize in health care, offer web-based classes, and/or are owned by a publicly-traded company depend most heavil

Borrower Nightmares: $700 dormitory fee costs family its car

By Amy Biegelsen

Car-title loans are a quick way to get money but woe to those who fall behind in payments

Student loan scandal costs students

By The Center for Public Integrity

Schools steered students toward "preferred lenders," who charged students inflated rates and bribed schools

Some nonprofit student lenders accused of misconduct

Nonprofit lenders in at least 10 states ran afoul of state and federal rules between 1993 and 2008