Federal student loan interest rates in the U.S. are expected to rise slightly for the 2026-27 academic year, according to an ...

LOWELL — University of Massachusetts President Marty Meehan is calling for increased giving to the university system as it’s ...

Recent changes to the federal student aid program have drastically shifted the way many Americans will pay for college in the future, both for themselves and their children. But many people are ...

The average annual college cost per student was $38,270 in 2024. The two main ways to get free money for college are through ...

For parents borrowing federal Parent PLUS loans on behalf of their children to attend undergraduate college programs, new rules limit loan amounts to $20,000 a year with a $65,000 lifetime cap per ...

Federal Direct Loans are originated by the federal government and don’t come with credit criteria. Federal student loan rates for the 2025-2026 school year range from 6.39% to 8.94%. Consider maxing ...

Federal student loan laws are changing in 2026, with new limits on how much some parents and students can borrow. The caps are expected to push more borrowers to private student loans for college ...

The federal government is expected to phase out the last of its Special Student Relief designations, which provide ...

All but one of the nation’s 26 Republican governors are signing their states up for the first federal program that will fund private school scholarships through tax credits. Their Democratic ...

A teacher in Wisconsin recently got a call with an intriguing offer: a promise to have 80 percent of her federal student ...