Educational News

Source-site On March 23, 2022, the U.S. Department of Education (“Department”) announced a significant new policy that, in some cases, will require owners, investors, and controlling parties of private colleges and universities to guarantee the regulatory liabilities of the school.…

Source-site The student loan crisis is a hot topic of conversation in Washington because student debt is felt by a lot of us, 45 million of us to be exact, for a total debt of 1.6 trillion dollars. We often break…

Source-site New York City officials recently acknowledged that the personal information of about 820,000 current and former students was compromised in a cybersecurity lapse. Find out what’s happening in New York Citywith free, real-time updates from Patch. If you’re a caregiver…

Source-site President Biden is in a difficult position on student loans ahead of the midterms, as pressure builds from borrowers and Democrats for widespread cancellation. Adding to the pressure is a key deadline: On May 1, millions of borrowers will…

Source-site A new report claims that 8 million student loan borrowers will be at risk if the student loan payment pause ends. Here’s what you need to know — and what it means for your student loans. Student Loans The California…

Source-site A major student loan refinancing company has joined the chorus of voices calling for broad-based student loan forgiveness as millions of borrowers brace for the end of the pandemic payment pause. “This is classic leadership by indecision — and it’s exactly…

Source-site SoFi is one of the private student lenders lobbying to stop, or at least curtail, the pandemic-related moratorium on federal student loan payments that is now stretching into a third year. | Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Private student lenders are…

Source-site Credit reporting agency TransUnion South Africa is currently in an ongoing battle with a hacker group demanding a $15 million (R225 million) ransom over four terabytes of compromised data. The hacker group, going by the name N4aughtysecTU, which claims…

Source-site A stealth tax on students in England, said Labour of the government’s planned reforms of student financing, and that is indeed what it amounts to. A complicated one, for sure, with some sugar to help the medicine go down. Annual fees will…

Source-site On February 14, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) updated its Supervision and Examinations Manual to reflect changes it made to the Remittance Transfer Rule (Rule) in a final rule published on June 5, 2020. The changes made to Subpart B of Regulation…