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Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel In his last week in office, President Joe Biden capped a tumultuous effort to deliver widespread student loan forgiveness by canceling another $600 million in education debt [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel Freshman college enrollment was on the upswing in the fall, not declining as the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center reported in October, the prominent research group said [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel They don't fit the typical profile of activists at a rally for student debt forgiveness. But on a dreary December afternoon, a group of senior citizens stood [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Laura Meckler The Biden administration withdrew two controversial education regulations Friday, backing off on a proposal to cancel student debt for 25 million Americans and a separate [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel The Education Department on Friday withdrew President Joe Biden's proposed student debt relief regulation that would have delivered forgiveness to more than 25 million Americans. The decision [...]

Byline: Susan Svrluga, Danielle Douglas-Gabriel A filing in an antitrust lawsuit against some of the nation's top universities alleges the schools overcharged students by $685 million in a 'price-fixing' scheme, [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Susan Svrluga The burden of student debt and the difficulties gauging college costs have reached such a fever pitch that more schools are taking big steps to [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel The Education Department on Thursday officially released the federal student aid application for the 2025-2026 academic year, ahead of schedule and after an extensive testing period to [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel The past four years have been filled with highs and lows for federal student loan borrowers, as nearly 5 million have benefited from $175 billion in debt [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel When Anthony Davis became president of Livingstone College in October 2022, the historically Black school in Salisbury, North Carolina, had a freshman class of 220 students. Back [...]

Byline: Susan Svrluga, Danielle Douglas-Gabriel A congressional investigation into campus antisemitism blamed university officials for failing to stop or adequately discipline students engaging in disruptive protests over the Israel-Gaza war, [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel After court rulings upended several student loan repayment plans and debt forgiveness, the Education Department said Monday that payments could be paused for at least six months [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel Despite the public perception that college costs are soaring, new national data shows tuition at many of the nation's colleges and universities has been flat or declining. [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel The Biden administration is expanding its proposed student loan forgiveness regulation to include debt relief for people experiencing financial hardship, despite ongoing litigation that's preventing the rule [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel When Jocelyn Scilipoti filled out the federal financial aid form for the first time earlier this year, she had a clear plan to transfer from Anne Arundel [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel Fewer freshmen showed up on college campuses this fall, according to a new national report released Wednesday, yet the overall number of undergraduates is up for the [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel The Biden administration is punishing Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority, one of the largest federal student loan servicers, for errors in handling accounts, including the failure to [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel Forty of the country's top colleges were sued this week and accused of colluding in a price-fixing scheme that has increased the cost of college for students [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel In less than 24 hours the Biden administration won, then lost the ability to proceed with its new student debt relief plan that would deliver forgiveness to [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel A federal judge will allow a temporary restraining order that prevented President Joe Biden from discharging student loan debt for more than 25 million Americans to expire [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel The Education Department will open the new federal financial aid application for a beta testing period on Tuesday, as the Biden administration tries to avoid another disastrous [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel A pair of programs designed to help student loan borrowers struggling with their payments will sunset on Monday, with major financial implications for millions of Americans. The [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Susan Svrluga CORRECTION: A previous version of this article incorrectly spelled the last name of Thomas Pyle. The article has been corrected. Originally moved Sept. 25. - [...]

Byline: Susan Svrluga, Danielle Douglas-Gabriel At the University of Connecticut, camping is not allowed. At the University of California, there's a systemwide ban on masks worn to intimidate others or [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel Navient, one of the nation's largest student loan companies, will pay $120 million to resolve allegations that it misallocated payments, steered people into costly repayment plans, supplied [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel A federal judge on Thursday granted a temporary restraining order to prevent President Joe Biden from discharging student loan debt for more than 25 million Americans, the [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel Seven Republican-led states sued on Tuesday to block President Joe Biden's new policy to reduce or eliminate the student loan balances of millions of borrowers, claiming the [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel President Joe Biden's administration has canceled more student loans than any other, largely using existing debt cancellation programs. The administration has adjusted the rules of programs such [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel When Stephanie Rodriguez consolidated her federal student loans this spring, she had hoped to enroll in a low-cost repayment plan. But by the time her consolidation was [...]

Byline: Ann E. Marimow, Danielle Douglas-Gabriel The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to immediately clear the way for the Biden administration's new student loan relief and repayment plan, adding to [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel A group of Senate Democrats launched an inquiry Thursday into student loan balances appearing twice on credit reports, an error that can make it difficult for some [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel Three Columbia University deans have resigned in the wake of controversial texts they exchanged during an alumni weekend event about Jewish life on campus, the Ivy League [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel The Education Department said Wednesday it will launch the next Free Application for Federal Student Aid in phases to mitigate the problems that plagued the rollout of [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel The Education Department said Tuesday that colleges cannot submit corrections to students' financial aid records in bulk this year, a decision that could leave some students unable [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Danielle Douglas-Gabriel The Education Department on Wednesday will begin emailing millions of student loan borrowers to let them opt out of President Biden's new policy to reduce [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel Maryland-based 2U, one of the nation's largest online education companies, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Thursday and will go private, after years of explosive growth and [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel A federal appeals court on Thursday blocked President Biden's new student loan repayment plan, leaving millions of borrowers enrolled in the cost-cutting program in the lurch. The [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel Before the end of his junior year at Washington State University Tri-Cities, Jesse Gonzalez already had a job offer. His internship with an environmental cleanup company in [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel Duke University recently discontinued a 45-year-old scholarship that covered tuition, currently about $66,000 a year, and housing costs of some Black undergraduate students. The University of Iowa [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel President Biden can move forward with implementing a key part of his new student loan repayment plan after a federal appeals court lifted a temporary ban on [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel With federal judges having halted key parts of the Biden administration's new student loan repayment plan, the Education Department said Friday that it will suspend payments and [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel The future of President Biden's new student loan repayment plan is in doubt after a pair of federal judges issued separate injunctions Monday preventing the government from [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel A pair of federal judges have hit the brakes on President Biden's latest student loan repayment plan, signaling that the program is at risk of being overturned [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel A federal judge in Texas has halted a key component of the Biden administration's new rule to tighten oversight of career training programs and ensure their graduates [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel Students of color appear undeterred from applying to prominent colleges despite last year's Supreme Court ruling that bars institutions from using race as a factor in admissions, [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel This was shaping up to be a remarkable year for Mount Saint Mary's University in Los Angeles. Applications were up 40 percent for the 2024-25 academic year, [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel With an eye toward purchasing her first home, Alexandra Pimentel was religiously checking her credit report. Everything seemed in order until April last year, when she noticed [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel More than 160,000 student loan borrowers are now in line to have their balances canceled, bringing the total amount of debt forgiveness allowed under the Biden administration's [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Susan Svrluga CORRECTION: A previous version of this article incorrectly described the Arts & Sciences faculty as undergraduate. The school's faculty members serve both graduate and undergraduate [...]

Byline: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel A group of undergraduate faculty at Columbia University declared with a vote on Thursday that they have no confidence in President Minouche Shafik, accusing her of violating [...]