UNESCO urges wider use of debt-for-education swaps

‘Broken and unfair’: Morrison-era policy slogging students with hundreds of millions in extra debt

'We are talking about students carrying a significant debt into their late 40s, and many will never repay it.' The post ‘Broken and unfair’: Morrison-era policy slogging students with hundreds of millions in extra debt appeared first on Crikey.

Student loan shake-up hits July 1

Borrowers face substantial changes to student loans beginning next month, including fewer repayment options under President Trump’s tax-and-spending law and the final death blow for the dismantled SAVE plan. Why it matters: Millions of borrowers must pick a new repayment plan, and some will face tighter borrowing caps and higher repayments. Here are some of []...Click to read more

सरकार र नेपालीको परिवारबीच नौबुँदे सहमति

काठमाडौँ। आत्मदाहको प्रयासपछि उपचारका क्रममा ज्यान गुमाएका मुगुका गणेश नेपालीको मृत्यु प्रकरणमा नेपाल सरकार, काठमाडौँ महानगरपालिका र पीडित परिवारबीच नौबुँदे सहमति भएको छ। जिल्ला प्रशासन कार्यालय काठमाडौँमा आइतबार भएको वार्तापछि सहमतिपत्रमा हस्ताक्षर गरिएको हो। सहमतिअनुसार गणेश नेपालीकी श्रीमतीलाई योग्यताअनुसार रोजगारीको व्यवस्था गरिने, उनकी छोरीको उच्च शिक्षासम्मको सम्पूर्ण खर्च व्यहोर्ने, परिवारलाई आवश्यक राहत तथा सामाजिक सुरक्षा []

Education Dept. Issues Final Rule Tying Federal Student Aid to Graduates’ Earnings

“If a program cannot show that it leaves its graduates financially better off than if they had never enrolled, it should not be underwritten by federal taxpayers” The post Education Dept. Issues Final Rule Tying Federal Student Aid to Graduates’ Earnings first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.

Student loan borrowers confused as SAVE plan end looms

Student loan borrowers confused as SAVE plan end looms

Education Department Announces New Measure to Encourage Student Loan Repayment

America doesn’t just have a student debt problem—it has an accountability problem. If policymakers want an affordable higher education system, they must stop cycles of debt accumulation and forgiveness and require students to pay back the money they borrowed. Last week, the Department of Education announced a temporary 1 student loan interest rate reduction for...

Ambition Is In America's DNA

The challenge for our generation is therefore not simply to preserve the American inheritance but to extend it

Financial borrowing and dependency

Financial borrowing and dependency

HBCUs’ Biggest Challenge in 2026? Having Too Many Students!

While HBCUs continue to experience a historic enrollment boom, decades of underfunding are colliding with surging demand. Here's what you should know.

Let's Talk About Debt And Double-Digit Yields

Let's Talk About Debt And Double-Digit Yields

Student loan changes coming in July: What borrowers need to know

The era of the Biden administration’s SAVE student loan repayment plan is coming to an end, as major changes enacted under President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act take effect July 1 and reshape how millions of people repay their loans. The changes come after Education Secretary Linda McMahon said the SAVE plan would []

'Visionary Roadmap' vs 'Copy-Paste': Assam Budget Triggers Political Clash

Raijor Dal MLA Akhil Gogoi alleged that the budget was heavily dependent on borrowings and centrally funded projects.

Loans, visas & more: Why ITR matters beyond taxes

Loans, visas & more: Why ITR matters beyond taxes

College debt

College debt

Anugerah Kecemerlangan Siswa laluan mahasiswa USIM ke pentas nasiona

NILAI: Majlis Anugerah Kecemerlangan Siswa (AKSIS) Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM) 2024/2025 dijadikan platform untuk mengetengahkan mahasiswa cemerlang ke peringkat kebangsaan. Ahli Lembaga Pengarah USIM, Datuk Dr. Hasan Bahrom berkata, kecemerlangan mahasiswa tidak boleh terhenti kepada pencapaian akademik semata-mata, sebaliknya perlu diterjemahkan melalui kepimpinan, aktivisme sosial dan sumbangan nyata kepada masyarakat. Katanya, mahasiswa USIM yang ... Read more The post Anugerah Kecemerlangan Siswa laluan mahasiswa USIM ke pentas nasiona appeared first on Utusan Malaysia.

New student loan rules could limit funding for some graduate programs

More changes are underway for federal student loans with major implications for current and future graduate students. It comes after a federal judge temporarily blocked some new loan limits from the Department of Education, including limits affecting some professional degrees. William Brangham discussed the changes with Danielle Douglas-Gabriel of The Washington Post.

Coalition urges FG to borrow for productive investments

Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau ChiefThe Economic and Fiscal Justice Coalition (EFJC) has tasked the Federal Government to adopt a “Borrow Better” framework by ensuring it borrows only for productive assets and not for recurrent consumption. This was contained in a position paper presented to the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. [] The post Coalition urges FG to borrow for productive investments appeared first on Vanguard News.

He Dreamed of Becoming a Physician Assistant. New Loan Rules May Thwart Him.

Starting in July, the government will cap what graduate students may borrow in federal loans, forcing many toward private lenders with higher interest rates. The borrowing limits will affect students pursuing healthcare degrees, and some clinicians and student loan experts worry they may impede efforts to diversify the healthcare workforce.

Deficit? Surplus? OUSD passed a very confusing budget

Deficit? Surplus? OUSD passed a very confusing budget The school board approved a teacher contract, without deciding how to pay for it. And it approved a budget with a projected surplus — assuming 30 million in new cuts.

Thinking about grad school? New federal rules cap how much students can take out in loans

New federal caps sharply restrict graduate school student loans. Learn how the strict limits impact tuition, college costs and low-income students.

Wonder Kutor calls on government to review the ‘No Fees Stress’ policy

Wonder Victor Kutor, Esq., Board Chairman of VRA International Schools Ltd, has called on the government to review its “No Fees Stress” policy, arguing that parents who can afford to buy luxury vehicles and other expensive gifts for their children after Senior High School should not benefit from state-funded tertiary education support. According to Mr. []

Session de rattrapage au Baccalauréat : les précisions du ministère de l’Éducation nationale

À partir de cette année, les candidats au Baccalauréat unique auront droit à une session de rattrapage. Quelques heures après le lancement des épreuves de cet examen national, le ministère de l’Éducation nationale, de l’Alphabétisation, de l’Enseignement technique et de la Formation professionnelle a donné des précisions sur cette innovation. Elle s’inscrit, selon le département, dans la [] The post Session de rattrapage au Baccalauréat : les précisions du ministère de l’Éducation nationale first appeared on Guineematin.com.

Education Department cuts loan eligibility for college degree programs yielding 'low-earning' jobs

The Education Department has approved a plan to cut federal loans to college programs that result in low-earning jobs – a move the Trump administration sees as an opportunity to rein in runaway borrowing, while critics argue it is a blow to students seeking degrees in such fields as music, public service and religious studies. The department announced the so-called rule Monday for its new Student Tuition and Transparency System and Earnings Accountability initiative – after saying in April, when the rule-drafting process started, that the federal student loan portfolio was approaching 1.7 trillion as more students are left financially worse off than if they had never attended college....

The Higher Education Revolution We Need to Have

Gregg Gonsalves Our universities are selling us out. If we want that to change, we have to change the way they’re run. The post The Higher Education Revolution We Need to Have appeared first on The Nation.

International students face more housing fraud, union warns

More international students in the Netherlands are running into housing fraud, illegal lettings and squalid rooms, the national student union,...

Editorial: Illinois’ population is growing again. But we’re losing our children. – Chicago Tribune*

Fewer kids to fill schools. Fewer high school graduates to enroll in our public universities. Fewer workers to fill jobs, changing housing demand, different transportation habits and needs. ... Wise leaders would look at these numbers and begin long-term planning for the future, recalibrating how we invest state and local revenue, because the system we’ve built isn’t necessarily equipped to service the population of the future.

Who can still afford a home? | Counting the Cost

Up to 3.4 billion people worldwide lack access to adequate housing. By 2030, the world will need $3 to $4 trillion dollars to provide affordable and accessible housing, as well as the construction of 96,000 new homes every day. Governments are beginning to act. In the United States, a rare bipartisan housing bill has just passed the Senate. In Europe, the European Commission is pushing new affordability measures. In the United Kingdom, landmark legislation has ended no-fault evictions. And in Africa, the Nairobi Declaration commits nations to accelerating affordable housing delivery. #housingmarket #housing #housingcrisis #economy #globaleconomy #unitedstates #business #aljazeeraenglish

Ro Khanna Says Elizabeth Warren’s Ultra-Millionaire Tax is the Ultra-Moral Way to Cancel Student Debt

Ro Khanna Says Elizabeth Warren’s Ultra-Millionaire Tax is the Ultra-Moral Way to Cancel Student Debt

The Big Beautiful Bill’s Graduate Loan Limits Go into Effect

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) of 2025 included limits on federal student loans. The OBBBA eliminated the issuance of new Federal Direct Graduate PLUS loans effective July 1, 2026, and restored annual caps on other federal loans to graduate students. The changes in student loans will save an estimated 307 billion over 10 []

DRC : Kinshasa's curious $205m debt to Abu Dhabi

It is a debt that does not appear in any public accounts, whether those of the Congolese Ministry of Finance, [...]

Comptroller warns Israel's mortgage market at high risk

The State Comptroller compares the state of the housing loans market to the subprime crisis in the US. Bank of Israel: The report is unprofessional and methodologically wrong.