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Student loan borrowers have been off the hook from their payments for over a year. As bills come due again, experts recommend people take these steps.

Recent Massachusetts high school graduate Verda Tetteh is off to Harvard University this fall – and helping some of her fellow classmates along the way. We spoke to Tetteh about why she declined a $40,000 scholarship and asked it be given to other kids headed to community colleges.

As older millennials start families of their own, many are being forced to make difficult decisions about their financial priorities. 

The borrowers will have 100% of their loans canceled.

When college campuses closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, many students chose gap semesters or even gap years instead of remote learning. This is part of CNBC’s College Voices series

Although the White House and lawmakers haven’t taken any concrete steps toward forgiving student loans of late, a jubilee could still be in store, experts say.

Biden wants to close the racial wealth gap. But without forgiving student debt, activists say, he won’t get far.

As mobile investing grows, new companies are emerging to help parents with long-term planning for their children’s futures.

Federal student loan payments are paused through Sept 30.

May 29th is nationally recognized at 529 College Savings Day.

As student loan forgiveness remains uncertain, the cost of college is going up.

Biden continues to question why those who attended Ivy League colleges should get their loans forgiven. Yet the share of borrowers from such schools is 0.03%.

Even though they’ve been around for decades, 529 college savings plans are still often misunderstood.

Author and parent Patricia Roberts started saving in 529 plans for her son’s college education when he was a baby. Now, he’ll be graduating debt-free.

On the campaign trail, President Biden issued his support for some form of student debt forgiveness.

On May 16, transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg was one of three commencement speakers at Wake Forest University. 

Hundreds of colleges have already said Covid vaccines will be mandatory for fall 2021, yet some students object to the mandates.

If you’re a college graduate, whether or not your parents also have a college degree likely will affect your lifetime income and wealth.

According to Pew Research Center, employment among recent college graduates dropped 9%.

According to a recent report from the Georgetown University, college students ages 25-45 typically spend more on external costs than on tuition.