Tag: Student loans

He might have only a small window of opportunity. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

How Trump can appeal to millennials stuck living with their parents

Red Alert Politics · May 26, 2016 7:33 pm

The Academic and Career Education Academy in Midland, Mich., uses the state government's per-pupil education spending to cover college and high school costs. (iStock photo)

Beltway Confidential

Charter school graduate finishes college at 19 with no debt

Jason Russell · May 23, 2016 8:15 pm

The rate on federal loans will fall from 4.29 percent to 3.76 percent next school year. (AP Photo/Dave Kolpack)

Student loan rates to drop

Joseph Lawler · May 11, 2016 10:14 pm

Kristen Soltis Anderson: Sen. Burr on the battle over student debt

Kristen Soltis Anderson: Sen. Burr on the battle over student debt

Kristen Soltis Anderson · May 4, 2016 5:24 pm

Mounting student debt burdens is not keeping young people from buying houses, according to a new study (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Student loans not holding back homeownership, Fed data shows

Joseph Lawler · May 3, 2016 3:23 pm

Schools can get their default rates adjusted through an appeals process to the department. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

Obama administration helped colleges dodge student loan sanctions

Curt Mills · April 30, 2016 4:56 pm

The program prevents students from falling behind or defaulting on their loans. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Obama seeks to cap payments of 2 million more student borrowers

Joseph Lawler · April 28, 2016 4:01 am

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders' plan for tuition-free college would help wealthy families more than low-income families, according to a report. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Beltway Confidential

Study: Free college would help the rich more than poor

Jason Russell · April 21, 2016 5:25 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has made cutting interest rates on undergraduate student loans the central component of her plan to make college more affordable. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Beltway Confidential

Clinton’s ineffective student loan plan

Jason Russell · April 15, 2016 4:02 pm

Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, said he decided to vote for Hillary Clinton after taking a ride on one of America's "Doomsday planes." (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Finance and Economy

Senators push to end ‘surprise tax’ on loan forgiveness

Joel Gehrke · April 14, 2016 8:28 pm

Lehrich noted that a Washington Post story played up the idea that borrowers in default might end up in jail. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Feds reassure: No jail time for student loan defaults

Pete Kasperowicz · April 7, 2016 8:54 pm

As president, Clinton says she would attempt to cut interest rates on student loans, citing concerns that the federal government earns a profit off student loans. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Beltway Confidential

Clinton’s student loans plan doesn’t make sense

Jason Russell · March 31, 2016 5:18 pm