Federal financial aid for college students has been slashed in proposed budget resolutions released by both the Senate and the House of Representatives last week. The House resolution, which is more...

President Barack Obama signed the Student Aid Bill of Rights, a memorandum that directs several government agencies through 19 new executive actions that aim to further protect student loan borrowers,...

Income-based repayment, which provides students with more flexibility in handling student debt, is becoming an increasingly popular option for repaying student loans, decreasing the emphasis on timeliness...

In order to increase college affordability, President Barack Obama announced a proposal to reform the allocation of federal financial aid Aug. 22. Obama’s proposal calls for student aid to be based...

The Georgetown University Law Center received criticism for its Loan Repayment Assistance Program earlier this month. Because the Law Center’s LRAP is funded with federal dollars, the university...

The U.S. House of Representatives voted to tie student loan interest rates to financial markets today, a decision that would lower the cost of borrowing from the 6.8 percent rate that has been effect throughout...

Interest rates on federally subsidized student loans doubled from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent Monday after Congress failed to come to an agreement before the July 1 deadline. The increased rate for subsidized...

Three weeks after visiting the White House to hear President Barack Obama’s speech on student loan interest rates, GUSA executives Nate Tisa (SFS ’14) and Adam Ramadan (SFS ’14) heeded...

GUSA President Nate Tisa (SFS ’14) and Vice President Adam Ramadan (SFS ’14) attended President Barack Obama’s speech on student loan interest rates at the White House Friday morning. Tisa and...

While Georgetown officials say that President Obama’s College Scorecard system, announced in his Feb. 12 State of the Union speech, is a commendable effort to help parents and high school students make...

This past May, the U.S. Senate staged yet another showdown on the issue of how to pay for student loans. At issue was the question of how to pay for the subsidized interest rates on federally backed loans,...

President Barack Obama's announcement of significant changes to student loan repayment plans Wednesday garnered approval from university officials lobbying for student loan reform. "In a global economy,...