Senate Committee Advances Bill To Block Education Department Transfers
The Senate HELP Committee advanced S. 5046 in a 13-9 vote, blocking the Education Department from transferring four offices to other federal agencies.

Georgia Tech, UNC, UGA, Miami, Tulane and UW dropped supplemental essays for 2026-27. See the full list and why admissions offices cut them.

The Senate HELP Committee advanced S. 5046 in a 13-9 vote, blocking the Education Department from transferring four offices to other federal agencies.

Master Promissory Notes (MPN) are legally-binding documents that all federal student loan borrowers must sign. Learn why they’re important!

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Texas public colleges can now consider Classic Learning Test scores for some applicants.

Tax refund offsets for defaulted student loans are restarting. Form 8379 lets you claim your share of a joint refund. Here’s how to file for 2027.

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An Education Department OIG report found a 40% workforce cut, with 32 Federal Student Aid suboffices (including loan servicer oversight) left with no staff.

FinCEN issued an alert directing banks to flag federal student aid fraud, targeting ghost student and straw student schemes draining $120 billion in aid.

New Senate bill S.4097 would exempt state student loan programs from preferred lender arrangement rules Congress passed after the 2007 financial aid scandal.

New report: 51.7 million kids (91.7% of K-12 students) qualify for Education Freedom Tax Credit scholarships starting 2027. See if your state opted in.

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