College financial aid administrators are attempting to calm students who are uncertain about the state of their loans and ...

Despite the Department of Education's closure, FAFSA is expected to remain. Experts urge students to continue applying, ...

Margaret Spellings, who oversaw the Department of Education from 2005 to 2009, said shuttering and realigning certain ...

So far, despite laying off half of the department’s workforce, they have avoided cuts to the team that works directly on the form, headed by a newly created FAFSA program executive director. But ...

Orders to reduce the staff at the Department of Education haven't impacted the office that handles FAFSA or student loan ...

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

For decades, right-wing activists have called for eliminating the agency, which was created by Congress in 1979. As Trump ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at dismantling the Department of Education. What that could mean for ...

Students and families still can submit the FAFSA ... Education Department remains in charge of overseeing loan repayments and forgiveness. Individual borrowers shouldn’t see any changes to ...

President Trump has signed an executive order and said he will begin eliminating the Department of Education. Here's what it ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday as part of his plan to dismantle the Department of Education, ...

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.