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Federal Student Loan Collections and Wage Garnishments Temporarily Put On Hold

Politico is reporting, “DEVOS HALTS COLLECTION OF DEFAULTED FEDERAL STUDENT LOANS: The Education Department is putting a stop to collecting on defaulted federal student loans amid the coronavirus and ordering private collection firms to stop pursuing borrowers “until further notice,” according to the official and a memo sent to the companies. The department plans to …

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Black Students More Likely to Default on Student Loans

By Andrew F. Haughwout, Donghoon Lee, Joelle Scally, and Wilbert van der Klaauw Total household debt balances increased by $92 billion in the third quarter of 2019, according to the latest Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit from the New York Fed’s Center for Microeconomic Data. The balance increase reflected nearly across the board …

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My Ph.D. in Engineering Left Me With Student Loan Debt I Can’t Afford

Question: Dear Steve, I’ve accrued ~$450,000 of student loan debt in the pursuit of getting a PhD in engineering. My payments are around $4500 per month minimum from both private and federal loans. I can’t keep up with the payments, I’m slowly sinking into not being able to pay anything even though I have a …

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The Department of Education Is Cooking the Books: Federal Reserve Bank Says $166 Billion in Student Debt is Delinquent

Most Americans have confidence in what the Federal Reserve Bank says about the national economy. I know I do. But when the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported that $166 billion in student debt is delinquent, it vastly understated the enormity of the student-loan crisis. In its most recent quarterly household debt report, the …

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Can I File Bankruptcy and Not Impact My Private Student Loan Cosigners? – Matthew

Question: Dear Steve, Currently, I am neck-deep in private student loan debt due to some poor choices made when I was in higher education. Unfortunately, the sum of my monthly payments covers about three-quarters of my monthly paycheck, and of course, I have other bills to pay. Naturally, my parents were used as cosigners on …

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Should I Default on My Student Loans From The Savannah College of Art and Design? – Hollie

Question: Dear Steve, I applied to The Savannah College of Art and Design in 2007. When I found out I got accepted, the first thing I did was start to figure out how I was going to be able to pay for it. It is a private university, and very pricey. I was young and …

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