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I went to college in the UK, and now I'm in a lot of student loan debt.Since my degree hasn't helped much with my career, I wish I had dropped out of college.I wish I had gone to a cheaper online school instead or started an apprenticeship. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics…

A Missouri court will hear oral arguments for Biden's SAVE student-loan repayment plan on October 24.The SAVE plan has been blocked for months following challenges from GOP state attorneys general.The case now sits with the 8th Circuit, and the Supreme Court urged for a quick decision. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in…

Millions of student-loan borrowers have faced legal whiplash over the past 24 hours.A Missouri judge blocked Biden from carrying out his broader debt relief plan just hours after receiving the case.The ruling came before the Education Department had even published the final rule for the debt relief. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics…

A federal court in Missouri placed a preliminary injunction on Biden's broader student-debt relief plan.This ruling officially blocks the relief from being implemented pending a final legal decision from the court.The decision came on the same day the temporary restraining order on the relief was set to expire. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite…

Vice President Kamala Harris wants to make it easier to get a job without a college degree if she wins the election. During a campaign speech in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, Harris outlined a new element of her economic policy platform: eliminating college degree requirements for thousands of federal workers and bolstering apprenticeship programs to provide…

LeLaina Wakeham, 25, is six years into a fulfilling, full-time career that didn't require a college degree.Wakeham's decision was partly inspired by her father's background. He was born in Mexico, and after moving to the US when he was five, he taught himself "pretty much everything," she said. Despite not having a high school diploma…

While she was making over $100,000 a year in a communications role, a significant amount of her paychecks was going to her student loans, medical debts, and car payment — leaving little left over for savings — the 37-year-old, who's based in California's Bay Area, told Business Insider via email.One day, a former coworker gave…

The legal setbacks keep coming for millions of federal student-loan borrowers.On Thursday, Georgia's southern district court placed a temporary restraining order on President Joe Biden's second try at broader student-loan forgiveness using the Higher Education Act of 1965.This order comes just two days after a group of seven GOP state attorneys general filed a lawsuit…

On Tuesday, seven GOP state attorneys general filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of Georgia to block Biden's second try at debt relief using the Higher Education Act of 1965.The lawsuit is targeting the plan the Education Department announced last summer after the Supreme Court struck down Biden's first attempt at broad debt relief.…

After federal student-loan payments resumed in October 2023 after an over three-year pause, President Joe Biden's Education Department implemented a 12-month on-ramp period, during which the department would not report any missed payments to credit agencies.That meant that while interest was still accruing on borrowers' balances if they missed payments, they would not take any…