How CIT Bank’s 4.25% APY Stacks Up Against The Best Savings Accounts
CIT Bank’s 4.25% APY beats Marcus, Ally, and matches SoFi’s boosted rate — without the direct deposit requirement.
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New Graduate School Loan Limits Start July 1: What Students Need to Know
New graduate loan limits take effect on July 1, and here’s what graduate student borrowers need to know and how to plan.
DOJ Finds UC Davis Medical School Discriminated By Race In Admissions
DOJ finds UC Davis School of Medicine discriminated by race in admissions, violating the 2023 SFFA ruling. Settlement talks or a lawsuit could follow.
UC Humanities And Social Science Faculty Join STEM Push To Restore The SAT
UC humanities and social science faculty back their STEM colleagues, demanding both the SAT/ACT math and verbal sections return to UC admissions.
7.8 Million Student Loan Borrowers Are About to Deal With a New Debt Collector: The U.S. Treasury
A new Congressional report details Treasury’s takeover of defaulted student loan servicing — and the failed 2015 pilot that tested the same idea.
University of Denver Eliminates 5 Departments In Restructuring After $30 Million Shortfall
University of Denver will merge five schools into two and cut five departments after projecting a $30 million budget gap. Student degrees are unaffected.
CIT Bank’s Platinum Savings Now Pays 4.25% APY For Six Months
CIT Bank’s Platinum Savings APY Boost lifts the rate to 4.25% for six months with promo code Boost50 — open to new and existing customers.
This Week In College And Money News: June 12, 2026
Under Secretary of Education Nicholas Kent joins our podcast to explain the July 1 changes, plus Treasury takes over $179B in defaulted loans and FAFSA gets faster.
Student Loan Expert Q&A: Navigating the SAVE Plan Exit, Parent PLUS Loans, and PSLF
Our live student loan expert Q&A sessions about the end of the SAVE Plan, Parent PLUS Loan changes, and more.
House Moves to Make Graduate Nursing a Professional Degree, Doubling Loan Limits
House appropriators advanced a bill designating advanced nursing programs as professional degrees, raising federal loan caps for those students to $200,000.
IRS: More Than Half of States Have Joined the New $1,700 Federal Scholarship Tax Credit
The IRS says 27 states have opted into the new Federal Scholarship Tax Credit, a $1,700 credit for school scholarship donations starting in 2027.