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Student Loan Servicing Under Scrutiny as Widespread Problems Continue

Student Loan Planner

Millions of federal student loan borrowers returned to repayment in October 2023 following the end of the Covid-era forbearance, which had been in effect since March 2020. The transition back to normal billing has not been going well.

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The PSLF Processing Pause – What You Should Know

NCLC Student Loan Borrower Assistance

Is MOHELA still going to service my loans after the transition to the new BPOs? Do I still have to make payments on my loans during the processing pause? Any payments you make beyond the 120 qualifying payments should be refunded to you or applied to any other outstanding federal student loans you may have.

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Cazenovia College Closes, In a Possible Harbinger for Similar Schools

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Students and faculty became aware that Cazenovia might have to close when it defaulted on a $25 million bank loan earlier this fall. But the college’s financial problems had been building for years. Anything from shared services all the way up to a merger or acquisition.” The reasons, says Burns, are financial and social.

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Nearly a Million Student Loan Borrowers Getting Long Overdue Cancellation

NCLC Student Loan Borrower Assistance

On Friday, July 14th, the Department of Education announced that it was sending notice to 804,000 borrowers who had spent 20 to 25 years in repayment on their federal student loans that their remaining balance would be canceled. What do I need to know if I’m eligible for loan cancellation now through IDR?

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FAFSA for 2023: Income Limits, Types of Aid and More

Student Loan Hero

But the reality is that there are no income limits with the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA); any eligible student can fill out the FAFSA to see if they qualify for aid. While some aid is based on financial need (such as subsidized loans and Pell Grants), other aid is not (such as unsubsidized federal loans).

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The Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) Account Adjustment: Moving Millions of Borrowers Closer to Cancellation

NCLC Student Loan Borrower Assistance

However, an NPR investigative report revealed that there were sweeping problems with how the IDR plans were managed and how records were kept—problems that resulted in only a handful of borrowers receiving IDR cancellation even though millions should have been eligible. It can convert other types of federal loans into Direct Loans.

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Sallie Mae’s “How America Pays for College”

College Planners of America

SLM Corporation (commonly known as Sallie Mae; originally the Student Loan Marketing Association) is a publicly traded U.S. corporation that conducts consumer lending services. Initially, it was a Federal entity that serviced Federal student loans. Education Department.

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