With Education Department Under Threat, What Student Loan Borrowers Can Do
President Donald Trump has vowed to dismantle the U.S. Education Department, which oversees federal student financial aid. There are reports that members of Elon Musk’s Department of Governmental Effi ...
How Trump’s education plans might affect Illinois schools
Trump plans to try to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. Most school funding is local, as are policy decisions. But his actions could still leave a lasting mark.
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Could abolishing the U.S. Department of Education change student loans, grants and scholarships?
Mark Kantrowitz, an expert on College student financial aid and scholarships, appear on the WGN Evening News to talk about changes that could happen if the Department of Education is eliminated To ...
Judge to consider order to keep DOGE from accessing student loan databases
Attorneys for a group of California students cited an Elon Musk tweet in arguing that Musk's DOGE agency should be blocked ...
Labor unions sue to block DOGE access to sensitive information at US agencies
A coalition of labor unions filed a lawsuit Monday asking a federal court to stop Elon Musk’s team from accessing private ...
Do You Still Have to Pay Student Loans if Department of Education is Abolished?
Federal student loan borrowers may wonder whether they must still pay student loans if the Department of Education is ...
To pay for Trump's tax cuts, House Republicans could raise student loan bills for millions of borrowers
The average borrower could see their monthly bill swell to $288 from $95 according to an early estimate by The Institute for ...
Elon Musk And DOGE’s Access To Student Loan Data Raises Concern—Here's What To Know
Student loan borrowers in California allege Musk’s reported access to Education Department data violates federal law.
At Least 10 Student Loan And Federal Aid Programs Run By The Department Of Education May Be Cut
Republicans are looking to cut or eliminate nearly a dozen student loan and federal aid programs administered by the ...