Filing for bankruptcy to eliminate student loan debt has long been seen as nearly impossible - but changes in policy and ...

Millions of people have gotten a break from paying their federal student loans during the pandemic. But there's been no relief for millions of others with private student loans who may not realize ...

Rule 523 dictates the debts you can't erase through bankruptcy (and the list might surprise you).

Since May 2025, the pandemic era pause on federal student loan payments and interest has officially ended, and collections on ...

As things stand now, student loan borrowers are mostly barred from discharging their loans through bankruptcy. However, under the proposed FRESH START through Bankruptcy Act, borrowers can get their ...

It's easy to blame borrowers. But are we ensuring students and families actually have the information they need to make ...

Even since a major reform of the bankruptcy laws in 2005, discharging private student loans through bankruptcy has been very difficult if not almost impossible. But on Aug. 31, 2020, a court affirmed ...