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Student-Loan Forgiveness Turns Real Under Trump — Emails Say Discharge Within Weeks Despite Staffing Meltdown

Trump's administration begins student-loan forgiveness for IBR borrowers. Emails confirm discharge despite shutdown delays.

International Business Times UK

Trump guts Education Department and special needs students pay the price: ‘I’m more heartbroken for the students’

IN FOCUS: Employees tell reporter Eric Garcia that they fear that students with disabilities will go without vital services after Trump’s recent layoffs in the federal government

The Independent UK

Trump is cutting funding to universities with large Hispanic student populations – here’s what to know

The Trump administration is trying to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programs as part of a broader campaign to end what it calls “wokeness” in American education.

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SoFi Stock Surges As Trump Administration Considers Selling $1.6 Trillion Student Loan Portfolio To Private Lenders

Shares of SoFi Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:SOFI) jumped on Tuesday amid reports that the President Donald Trump administration may sell parts of the federal government's $1.6 trillion student loan portfolio to private lenders, fueling optimism for the fintech's growth.

Benzinga

Trump is weighing selling off government’s $1.6 trillion student loan debt. Here’s what it means for borrowers

Borrowers could be thrown into ‘even more chaos’ under this plan, a student loan policy expert warns

The Independent UK

Trump's Student Loan Overhaul: What You Must Do Before July 2026

Donald Trump's sweeping student loan overhaul will scrap current repayment plans, cap graduate borrowing, and introduce new rules by July 2026—here's what borrowers need to do now.

International Business Times UK

Australian kindergarten asks parents to pay thousands for their children’s artwork

Queensland premier calls demands ‘pretty un-Australian’ and a sign of desperation

The Independent UK

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Trump isn’t cutting Pell Grants, after all − but other changes could complicate financial aid for some students

As an education researcher who has studied the economic returns of higher education, I know that college degrees remain cost-effective investments for most students.

The Conversation

Title IX’s effectiveness in addressing campus sexual assault is at risk − a law professor explains why

Most Americans assume that schools are legally required to protect students from sexual harassment and assault under Title IX – the federal law enacted in 1972 that bans sexual discrimination in education.

The Conversation

The president as partisan warrior: Trump’s rejection of traditional presidential statesmanship

In a classic work on the modern presidency originally published in 1960, political scientist Richard Neustadt wrote that the American public “expects the man in the White House to do something about everything.”

The Conversation

Could Ignoring Your Student Loans Ruin Your Social Security?

For many, student loans are the beast lurking in the financial shadows, always there, always looming. But what happens when ignoring that beast leads to even bigger consequences down the road? You may be cruising through life thinking, “Hey, I’m doing fine,” but the truth is, your student loan debt…

Everybody Loves Your Money

Secret rating system kept parents in dark about safety fears at NSW childcare centre

Case in which parents were not told centre was in the ‘very high risk’ cohort illustrates a glaring safety gap, critics argue

The Guardian - AU

Legislation to protect school inspections ‘red flag to bull’ – teachers’ union

The proposed legislation is expected to see teachers able to be fined for refusing to co-operate with inspections.

Evening Standard

As Donald Trump Seeks To Change The Future Of Public Education, These Billionaires Are Opening Schools

In his second term, President Donald Trump has made some profound changes to the U.S. education system. In an executive order issued in March, he indicated his intention to dismantle parts of the Department of Education. Another executive order from January expanded school choice initiatives, which would impact how public…

Benzinga

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4 Ways This New Government Policy Could Hit Your Paycheck

A new government policy could impact your paycheck—here are 4 ways it might affect your take-home pay and what you can do to prepare.

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3 Things Student Loan Borrowers Can Expect Now That Interest on SAVE Plans Have Resumed

Interest is back on SAVE student loan plans—here are 3 key changes borrowers should expect and how they could impact your monthly payments.

The Independent UK

University president fires back at Trump’s education department for demanding his apology

An attorney representing Gregory Washington argued that an apology would open the university up to legal backlash

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I Asked ChatGPT To Explain Trump’s New Student Loan Repayment Plan — Here’s What It Said

Because bills are complicated, I asked ChatGPT to explain Trump's new student loan repayment plan to us -- here is what it said.

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Blogging Away Debt

Is it “Worth It” To Buy Back Student Loans?

I recently had the pleasure misfortune to spend several hours on the phone bouncing back and forth between the Department of Education and my student loan servicer, Mohela. I wish I were being hyperbolic or exaggerating when I say “several hours” but, alas, I am not.

The Independent UK

Judge strikes down Minnesota law banning religious tests for college credit program

A federal judge has ruled that religious colleges in Minnesota that require students to sign a statement of faith cannot be excluded from a program allowing high school students to take college courses for credit

The Conversation

Why America still needs public schools

While the White House’s fight with elite universities such as Columbia and Harvard has recently dominated the headlines, the feud overshadows the broader and more far-reaching assault on K-12 public education by the Trump administration and many states.

The Independent UK

There is now a backlog of 27,000 student loan complaints at the Department of Education

Tens of thousands of complaints from student loan borrowers about their lenders or schools have gone ignored as Trump seeks to gut the agency

The Conversation

Trump has promised to eliminate funding to schools that don’t nix DEI work – but half of the states are not complying

It’s been about six months since the U.S. Department of Education sent a “Dear Colleague” letter to all schools that receive federal funding, warning them that they could risk losing this money if they promote what the department calls “pervasive and repugnant” racial preferences.

The Independent UK

Pete Buttigieg says Democratic Party’s attachment to two words handed Trump the White House in 2024

Joe Biden’s transportation secretary says it’s ‘wrong to imagine that we should have just kept everything going along the way it was’ or to dismantle everything Republican president is now doing

The Guardian - US

‘It would destroy me’: fear of student loan default haunts US borrowers

The Trump administration has ended the pandemic-era pause on repayments, leaving many facing colossal debts

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