We’re seeing new developments on the student loan front with the presidential candidates, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. On Wednesday, October 12, 2016, Donald Trump made his most detailed comments on student loans yet during a speech in Ohio. “Under…
UPDATE: Take a look at our new post on the positions of the presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Let’s take a giant, semi-blind leap forward and take a guess at what would happen to student loans if either…
REPAYE is the new repayment plan that’s been in the works, expected to be available in late-2015. So should you expect to change your income-drive repayment plan to REPAYE? Let’s take a look at REPAYE in the context of PSLF.…
On December 19, 2014, the Department published a notice in the Federal Register announcing a “negotiated rulemaking committee to: (1) prepare proposed regulations to establish a new Pay as You Earn repayment plan for those not covered by the existing…
UPDATE (June 9, 2014): http://www.holdfasttodreams.org/obamas-monday-june-9-2014-announcement/ When’s the announcement? Monday, June 9, 2014 at a 1:45 p.m. event. Remarks of President Barack Obama from The White House Weekly Address (June 7, 2014) “I’ve taken action on my own to offer millions…
UPDATE (March 8, 2014): See our new post “Obama’s 2015 Budget Proposal”: http://www.holdfasttodreams.org/?p=481 UPDATE (April 5, 2014): See our new post “The U.S. Department of Education (ED) Official Statements on Obama’s 2015 Proposed Budget: Impact on Public Service Loan Forgiveness…