The Department of Education reopened applications for Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) plans and online loan consolidation after a lawsuit was filed. The lawsuit alleged closing IDR applications ...

The Department of Education closed online applications for Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) plans and loan consolidation applications after a federal court blocked student loan repayment plans. A ...

The Department of Education has again delayed the rollout of its updated federal financial aid application, known as FAFSA. The agency said Wednesday it will begin testing the 2025-2026 Free ...

The Department of Education building in Washington, DC, on May 2, 2022. (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) The Biden administration has launched a beta test for a new application ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (PIX11) — The Department of ...

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known as FAFSA, will open on Oct. 1, the U.S. Department of Education announced this week, with a few changes aimed at simplifying the process for ...

The Education Department says it has temporarily taken down access to applications for income-driven repayment (IDR) student loan plans in response to a court order. “A federal Circuit Court of ...

When the Department of Education first delayed the launch of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid last March, officials projected calm and confidence. The department assured students and ...

Student loan borrowers might have to wait two years to get their repayment plan applications approved as the Department of Education deals with a massive income-driven repayment (IDR) plan backlog.

The Department of Education this week reopened a revised application for income-driven loan repayment plans and loan consolidation. This decision—which was first announced at a court hearing Tuesday ...