Another Student Loan Forgiveness Deadline is Approaching
The U.S. Department of Education will conduct a one-time adjustment for more than 3.6M Direct Loan borrowers this summer and give student loan borrowers at least three years of credit toward loan forgiveness. Some could see their entire balance forgiven automatically...
The Year Student Loan Repayment Never Started
In November, the Education Department’s Under-Secretary, James Kvaal, reported that only 60 percent of the 28 million student loan borrowers who needed to make payments had made them. But this was on 22 million and not the entire 28 million borrowers. About 4 million...
Student Loan Default Predictions
Artificial intelligence has a role in higher education, but it won’t help analyze or predict which student loan borrowers will become delinquent or default. AI will not be able to predict actions colleges and universities can take to alleviate the issue. The...
Student Loan Repayment Deserves a Three-Year Grace Period Instead of Six Months
By Balaji Rajan, CEO of IonTuition Since 1990, I have collected and serviced student loans. Helping borrowers with student loan repayment was enjoyable while Federal Student Aid (FSA) established a “reasonable and affordable” payments program. There were landmark...