Student Loan debt
Major Changes Now Allow You to Eliminate Federal Student Loans in Bankruptcy Essay by Steve Rhode
-or-Are you in default on your federal student loans? And have you been unemployed for at least 5 of the...
The Supreme Court will soon rule on legality of Biden's Student-Loan Forgiveness Plan
Forty million student debtors are waiting anxiously for President Biden's loan forgiveness plan to kick in. Biden wants to knock...
December is the Cruelist Month: Watch Out, Student Debtors
T.S. Eliot was wrong: December is the cruelest month, not April. We think of December as a time for rest...
Fair or Not, the Biden Administration Owns the Student Loan Catastrophe
I grew up in a small Oklahoma town before the era of the big box stores. If my family wanted...
President Biden's Never Ending Pause On Student-Loan Payments: Hey, It's Just Monopoly Money
When I was a kid, my childhood friends and I often played Monopoly on those long summer days when time...
Be Awake, College Students! Massive Economic Turmoil is Coming
A friend sent me a copy of the Magnificat journal's Advent Companion, a selection of daily reflections for the Advent...
Universities entering the gambling business while students place bets on their futures by taking out student loans
Sports betting is legal in most states, and universities are getting in on the action. As the New York Times...
Another Half Assed Attempt to Fix Federal Student Loans With Bankruptcy: Essay by Steve Rhode
The Department of Education just released a guidance document to the Department of Justice on what they feel should be...
DOE and DOJ Issue Guidelines for Dealing with Student Debtors in Bankruptcy: Blah, Blah, Blah
On November 17, the U.S. Department of Education and the Department of Justice issued a 15-page document titled "Guidelines For...
President Biden Is Under Pressure to Extend Pause on Student-Loan Payments. What Will That Cost?
Federal student-loan borrowers are disappointed by federal court decisions that have stopped President Biden's student-loan forgiveness scheme. Advocacy groups are...
A Federal Court in Texas Blocks Biden's Student-Loan Forgiveness Plan: A Long Day's Journey Into A Dark Night of Protracted Litigation
President Joe Biden made a campaign pledge to forgive $10,000 in federal student loans. In August 2022, Biden announced that...
St. James School of Medicine settles with the FTC: Should Foreign Medical Schools Participate in the Federal Student Loan Program?
Last spring, the Federal Trade Commission settled its case against St. James School of Medicine, a foreign medical school operating...
