On March 20, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to begin shutting down the federal Department of Education ...

The Department of Education oversees federal student loans held by nearly 43 million people, or one in six American adults.

The Department of Education took a key step to initiate a process that could result in major changes to federal student loan ...

The U.S. Education Department on Wednesday reopened online applications for income-driven repayment plans for student loan ...

As part of the federal government's plan to gut the Department of Education, the agency cut half of its workforce, which could impact how it administers its student loan programs.

Moving federal student loans to another agency is the latest proposal in the ongoing effort to dismantle the Department of ...

Sen. Warren urges Education Secretary Linda McMahon to reinstate Department of Education employees who were critical to the nation’s federal student aid process.

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The average federal student loan debt balance is $38,375, while the total average balance (including private loan debt) may be as high as $41,618.

The Education Department temporarily paused these applications after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday began sketching a roadmap for dismantling the Education Department, with other agencies taking over responsibility for federal student loans and ...