The expansion of the DOE since 1979 has led to ballooning student-loan costs, while a private-lender system could bring those them down, one expert tells Fox News Digital.

President Donald Trump has yet to win over his own party with his push to “immediately” transfer the Education Department’s massive student loan operation to another agency slated for deep staff cuts.

A "record share" of student loan debt is delinquent, said Axios. Nearly a quarter of borrowers — roughly 9 million Americans — are behind on their payments, a development that