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"I'll Die With That Debt": 27 Receipts, Screenshots, And Stories That Show Just How Hard It Is To Pay Off Student Loan Debt
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments concerning whether or not Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness plan is constitutional and, well, it's not looking great. So I need someone to show the justices these 29 receipts, stories, and screenshots that prove just how impossible it can be to pay back student loans.
Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Plan Is Now On Hold. If You Applied, Tell Us What Your Plans Are.
BuzzFeed News wants to know how you’re planning around all this uncertainty with federal student loans.
The Biden Administration Is Appealing After A Judge Ordered It To End The Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
The Trump-appointed judge called President Biden's student loan forgiveness program "one of the largest exercises of legislative power without congressional authority" in the country's history.
If You Qualify For Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Plan, You Can Now Apply Online
More than 40 million Americans can now apply to have up to $20,000 in debt wiped out (and the application takes like 30 seconds to complete).
People Who Want Student Loan Forgiveness Say They Need An Escape From A “Vicious Circle,” Not A Handout
“I’ve worked very hard and a lot of hours throughout my life to keep my finances ... in check and keep myself from being homeless,” one woman said. “For people to characterize me as irresponsible, it’s just really hurtful.”
More Than 700,000 People With Student Loans Will Now Be Excluded From Biden’s Debt Forgiveness Plan
If you had a Federal Family Education Loan or Perkins Loan, you need to read this now.
7 People Told Us What Biden’s Student Loan Relief Plan Will Mean For Them
“Why is it OK for me to work two, three jobs? Why is it OK for anybody to have to work two or three jobs?”
What To Know About Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness, If You Qualify, And How To Apply
Wondering if your graduate loans will be forgiven? What type of loans will be forgiven? If current students count? We’ve got answers.
How Would $10,000 Of Student Loan Relief Impact Your Life?
The Biden administration has announced its plans for student loan payments. Tell us what kind of debt relief would actually help you.
15 Screenshots That Prove Student Loans Are Just One Big Scam
LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK.
35 People Shared How Biden Canceling $10,000 In Student Debt Would Change Their Lives, And Their Stories Are Important
"I'm almost 35 and have accepted that things like home ownership, marriage, and children aren't in the cards for me. They are luxuries I literally can't afford."
Listen: The Original ‘Gossip Girl’ Hasn't Aged Well--Will The Reboot Get It Right?
“You can’t just have a diverse cast, but have them still ultimately be a part of a very white-centric story.”
9 Books That Totally Changed My Relationship With Money
I spent the last 15 years ignoring, agonizing over, and then slowly getting rid of almost $100,000 in debt. These are the books that helped me get to zero — and then start investing.
What Joe Biden Means For Your Student Loans
Canceling student debt has gone from pipe dream to possibility.
Elizabeth Warren Said She Would Start Canceling Student Loan Debt On Her First Day As President
Warren on Tuesday announced new plans to begin canceling debt immediately under existing law.
Here’s Some Actually Useful Information To Help You Prepare For A Recession
People may be telling you to pay off debts now and dust off your résumé. Here’s what they’re actually bracing you for.
Elizabeth Warren Took On Obama Over Student Debt Forgiveness. How She Won Is Central To Her 2020 Campaign
“Her theory of change is that you focus on one or two levers, and you push them hard.”
This Woman Got A Huge Raise And Paid Off Her Student Loans By Asking The “Over/Under” Question
“Ask your other peers what they make — especially your male ones.”
How Student Debt Forgiveness Reveals The Difference Between Bernie Sanders And Elizabeth Warren
The two 2020 candidates have big plans for student debt. The details of those plans show how differently they approach policy.
Opinion: Corruption Needs To Be A Kitchen Table Issue In 2020. Start With Betsy DeVos.
The education secretary is a comically unqualified billionaire who embodies how money buys political power. And she isn't being held to account.
A Billionaire Said He'll Pay All Of The Morehouse College Class Of 2019's Student Debt
The Associated Press estimated the student debt of the class to be up to $40 million, but the Smith camp did not confirm the size of the gift.
Here’s Why So Many Americans Feel Cheated By Their Student Loans
A social and financial divide is forming — between those who have student debt, and those who do not — that will have ramifications for decades to come.
“I’m Doing Great”: A Black Millennial On His $100,000 Student Debt
Michael has a lot of student debt — almost $100,000 at this point — and he’s trying to free himself from it the only way he knows how: getting another degree. An excerpt from journalist Reniqua Allen's It Was All a Dream.
The Student Loan Default Crisis Is Only Going To Get Worse, Report Finds
Almost 40% of borrowers who entered college in 2004 are likely to default on their loans by 2023, the report predicts.
Here's How A Student Loan Debt Relief Company Preyed On Its Customers
SLAC billed itself as a model actor in the troubled student loan debt refinancing industry, but former employees claim it was harming customers to make its sales.
The Graduate Student Tax Was Dropped From Republicans' Final Bill
A provision that would have dramatically increased many grad students' taxes sparked nationwide protests.
Graduate Students Are Freaking Out About The New Tax Bill
The House bill would count the tuition discounts given to many grad students as income, doubling or even tripling many graduate students’ taxes.
Betsy DeVos Is Being Sued By 17 States Over For-Profit College Rules
The Education Department calls the suit a "legal stunt."
Settlement Could Offer Student Debt Relief To Tens Of Thousands
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced a settlement Monday that could nullify thousands of illegal lawsuits that a giant debt holder had brought over billions in private student loans.
Got Student Debt? Soon Your Employer Might Help With That
Fidelity Investments, one of the country's largest financial services companies, is rolling out a product that will allow employers to pay off a worker's student loans. But experts say it won't do much to alleviate the student debt crisis.
Betsy DeVos Is Halting Protections For For-Profit College Students
The Trump administration is "abandoning critical student protections," a state attorney general said.
How The Student Loan Collection System Ground To A Halt
The system for collecting overdue student loan payments has been thrown into chaos by a judge's restraining order.
A Student Loan Giant Is The Most Complained-About Financial Company In America
More people filed complaints about Navient than any bank or credit reporting agency.
15 Hilarious Tweets That Are Too Real For Anyone With Student Loans
"Would you hit your best friend with a car for $5M?"
How America's Student Loan Giant Dropped The Ball
Staff say they were pushed to get borrowers off the phone quickly — leaving many in the dark about options to make big cuts to their student loan payments.
Even Good-Guy Student Loan Startups Still Favor the Rich
Student-loan refinancing is one of Silicon Valley's hottest new mini-sectors, with a fresh crop of startups leveraging buzzy marketing and proprietary algorithms in a race to reshape the loan. But despite the hype, only the top tier of graduates qualify. Can technology ever change that?
Hundreds Of College Programs Could Be Shut Down For Breaking Student Debt Rules
College programs whose graduates don't earn enough money to pay back their student loans face closure.
Obama Administration Mistakes Threaten Student Loan Relief Programs
Critics of the administration's efforts to forgive student loans will capitalize on the revelation that the programs will cost tens of billions more than expected.
Student Loan Writeoffs Will Cost At Least $74 Billion
The income-based repayment system has signed up five million borrowers, and will cost twice as much as previously expected.
Donald Trump Has An Unusually Detailed Plan To Make Student Loans Great Again
"We're going to work it out big-league."
These Colleges Have The Worst Student Loan Default Rates In The Country
Beauty and cosmetology schools are heavily represented among American colleges where debt is going bad the fastest.
Colleges Deceived Students Into Taking Out Costly Private Student Loans
Bridgepoint Education ran an illegal private student loan scheme, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said.
Student Loan Defaults Have Hit A Record High
Programs that ease the burden of student debt are attracting record numbers of signups — but they're still not reaching the right people.
Tens Of Thousands Of People Can Cancel Their Student Loans, But Don't Know It
The government has struggled to get the word out to former students whose federal loans can be written off.
How Expensive Was Your College Tuition?
*cries into student loan letter*
New Class Action Lawsuit Targets Student Loan Debt Collector
The Education Department has written off loans connected to a disgraced for-profit college operator. But a debt collector is still chasing down former students, according to a new lawsuit.
Why Even Wealthy Black Students Have More Student Loan Debt
It's not only a matter of income — there are also differences in how black families acquire wealth.
15 Texts Your Student Loans Are Dying To Send You
"Bitch better have my money."
The Education Department Is Dragging Its Feet On Student Debt Forgiveness
Hundreds of thousands could have their student loans cancelled due to fraudulent behavior, but the government has yet to even create an application process.
Students Who Borrow The Least Are Most Likely To Default, Study Finds
A new look at student loan data shows that while much attention is paid to those swamped under six-figure debt piles, the most likely to default owe much, much less.
The Source Of The Student Debt Crisis Is Not Expensive Tuition
A new report from the Brookings Institute shows how for-profit colleges and two-year programs are at the heart of America's trillion-dollar student loan crisis.
Protesters Call NYU "Cutting Edge Of Everything That’s Wrong" In Higher Ed
Activists decried the financial management, real estate deals and lavish pay of the school, and other prestigious NYC colleges.
This Is How Debt Teaches You About Money
"The closest thing to nirvana for me is the splendour of financial independence."
This Woman Selling Her College Diploma On eBay Is All Of Us
Stephanie Ritter is also selling her "college experience."
Hillary Clinton's $350 Billion Education Plan Would Hit For-Profit Colleges Hard
The plan takes a swing at two of the education industry's most troubled sectors — for-profit colleges and student loan servicing.
Major Lender Fined For Illegal Student Loan Practices
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau found a bevy of illegal student loan servicing practices at Discover Bank.
LegalZoom Wants To Be "The Good Guys" In Shady World Of Student Debt Relief
The company has helped millions of Americans deal with complicated government paperwork, and says it can do the same for troubled student borrowers.
Feds Probe Debt Collector Targeting Student Lenders
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is investigating claims that a debt collector targeting private student loans may be involved in questionable lawsuits against borrowers.
Big Victory For Obama Administration's Push To Regulate For-Profit Colleges
A federal judge has ruled in favor of regulations that punish colleges whose graduates have high levels of debt but low earnings.
Government Asks Search Engines To Crack Down On Student Debt Scams
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants search engines to quit publishing ads for potentially illegal schemes.
How Poor And Minority Students Are Shortchanged By Public Universities
Two new studies consider how public universities fall short in serving many of the people most in need of their help.
The Student Loan Default Rate Could Be Even Worse Than Expected
Researchers at the St. Louis Fed say we may be underestimating how many borrowers are missing their repayments.
One Winner In The Trillion-Dollar Student Loan Crisis: Debt Collectors
The government is on the hook for a huge pool of student debt that is turning sour at an alarming rate. So naturally, it is turning to debt collectors for help.
Education Department Cuts Ties With Student Loan Debt Collection Agencies
The department has been sharply criticized in the past for what some allege is a troubling partnership with the private companies it pays to collect student loans .
More People Are Paying Off Their Debt On Time — Except For Student Loans
People are getting less likely to fall behind on their mortgages or credit card bills, according to new data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. But student loans are the big exception.
Online Lender Earnest Gets Into Student Loan Refinancing
The lender just raised a new round of financing and will move into the student debt market as part of its bid to become the next big consumer finance company.
Lower Education: How A Disgraced College Chain Trapped Its Students In Poverty
Corinthian Colleges lured students to its high-priced courses with the promise of an escape from poverty. But mired in tens of thousands of dollars of debt they will likely never be able to repay, many now feel more stuck than ever.
Lawsuits Claim Student Loan Debt Settlement Firms "Scam" Desperate Borrowers
The Illinois attorney general claims two student loan consolidation firms, First American Tax Defense and Broadsword Student Advantage, charge hundreds of dollars up front for products that don't exist or are available for free.
New Senate Proposal Allows Bankruptcy Option For Some Student Loans
Part of Senate Democrat Tom Harkin's new Higher Education Affordability Act, released today. The measure could have an outsize impact on those with high levels of debt.
Student Debt Continues To Climb, Up Another $31 Billion To $1.11 Trillion
So far this year, student debt has grown faster than any kind of household debt and has the highest delinquency rate.
Broke Grad Students Are The Next Debt Crisis And It's Partly The Government's Fault
The latest study from the New American Foundation, released today, found that about 40% of the more than $1 trillion in outstanding student loans went to finance graduate and professional degrees. And thanks to changes in repayment terms, the federal government is likely to end up bankrolling many graduate degrees.
How Wall Street Tactics Are Showing Up In The Classroom
From performance-based pay to emerging markets, the classroom is looking more and more like the boardroom.
7 For-Profit College Vocational Programs That Could Be Slashed Under New Regulations
According to Department of Education data, large percentages of business administration, culinary arts, interior design, and other programs would be deemed failing or at-risk under the Obama administration's new guidelines.
For-Profit Colleges Face Big Losses Under New Rules Proposed By Obama Administration
Regulations proposed Friday will crack down on programs with low graduation rates and high student debt. Many of those are at for-profit schools like the University of Phoenix and Everest College, which get huge chunks of their revenue from federal dollars.
5 Things To Know About The "Dire" State Of Student Debt In America
A new study from the New America Foundation shows that student debt is higher than ever. And that it's growing fastest for students at for-profit colleges
Millennials Have Lots Of Student Debt And Think It's A Huge Problem
More than 40% of millennials have some student debt, and 79% of them think it's a problem. And more than half of all millennial college students do too.
America's Student Debt Balance Is Growing And Less Of It Is Getting Paid Back
Now it's over $1 trillion, bigger than credit card debt.
7 Reasons You Might Want To Skip College
They tell you it's an investment! Unfortunately, these days you have to ask yourself if it's really worth it.
