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The Office of Management and Budget say fees on federal student loans may automatically increase in the 2021 fiscal year because of mandatory sequestration. 

After a year of either putting themselves at risk in a classroom or struggling to reach remote students, many educators are ready to leave their jobs for good.

Families may have more negotiating power, and you may be able to get more college aid this year thanks to the Covid pandemic. Here’s how to negotiate.

The pandemic has colleges eager to fill their student ranks and therefore more open than usual to negotiate tuition, grant money and aid with eligible families.

A lot of college students have no idea how much they spend. Here are five easy tips to help you set up a budget. This is part of CNBC’s College Voices series.

I set up my first budget! Now, the hard part—actually budgeting. Here are some tips I learned for cutting expenses. This is part of CNBC’s College Voices series.

Many college students say a $15 minimum wage would be a game-changer and they’re pushing for Congress to make it a federal law. This is part of CNBC’s College Voices series.

This racial student debt gap is one reason legislators are advocating for significant student debt relief. 

Student loan borrowers haven’t had to make payments for most of 2020. The savings has helped many, but it also makes them ineligible for the usual tax break.

President Joe Biden questioned forgiving loans of students who attended elite colleges like Harvard. But few people with student debt came from such schools.

A multi-state group of attorneys general on Friday sent a letter to Congress urging President Joe Biden to cancel up to $50,000 in federal student loan debt.

President Joe Biden said Tuesday he won’t cancel up to $50,000 in student loan debt, disappointing some borrowers who are advocating for relief.

Experts estimate that some student loan debt will never be repaid — here’s how that impacts debt forgiveness considerations.

House and Senate Democrats have repeatedly urged President Joe Biden to “broadly” forgive up to $50,000 of federal debt through executive order.

One hundred people with student debt are going on strike, hoping to pressure President Joe Biden to cancel the country’s outstanding student loan balance.

A majority of Americans support $10,000 in federal student loan forgiveness.

It remains uncertain whether the tens of millions of student loan borrowers will see debt forgiveness — and how much.

The median wealth for a white family was $188,200, compared to $24,100 for Black families and $36,100 for Hispanic families, according to the Federal Reserve.

Incentivized by tax breaks, some employers are slowly reducing the debt burden among workers by offering student loan repayment assistance. 

Democrats call on Biden to forgive $50,000 in student debt for all. Who that would help.