An Ivy League degree won't boost your salary much compared to a good state school, a study finds. You're just more likely to have an elite-sounding job.

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Student-loan borrowers should be able to achieve 'financial freedom' through bankruptcy, Elizabeth Warren says — especially with 'the looming threat of restarting' repayment

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SEPTEMBER 20: U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).

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7,400 student-loan borrowers hurt by a school's 'widespread misconduct' are getting $130 million in debt wiped out, Biden's Education Department says

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Biden's Education Department just finalized a rule allowing states to protect student-loan borrowers from 'unfair and deceptive practices,' reversing the Trump administration's efforts

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US Education Secretary Miguel Cardona speaks during a roundtable discussion on reproductive rights with US Vice President Kamala Harris and college presidents, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House, in Washington, DC, on August 8, 2022. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
US Education Secretary Miguel Cardona.

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Student-loan borrowers could be waiting over a year for Biden to implement his new plan for broad debt relief

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President Joe Biden and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona.

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Student-loan companies are putting borrowers at 'heightened risk' of harm if they fail to prepare for payments to resume, 6 Democratic lawmakers say

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U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).

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Some student-loan borrowers could be facing payments of over $500 this fall, a new study says — and they'll probably have to dip into their savings to afford it

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College graduates.

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It's a 'grave mistake' for Biden to resume student-loan payments without first giving borrowers debt relief, 179 advocacy groups say

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Supreme Courts Rules On Major LGBTQ Case And Strikes Down Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
JUNE 30: Student debt relief activists participate in a rally at the U.S. Supreme Court on June 30, 2023 in Washington, DC. In a 6-3 decision the Supreme Court stuck down the Biden administration’s student debt forgiveness program in Biden v. Nebraska.

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Student-loan borrowers might face even more hurdles resuming payments if Republicans end up passing their new proposal to cut funding for the Education Department

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President Joe Biden accompanied by Education Secretary Miguel Cardona as he announces new actions to protect student-loan borrowers in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, DC.
President Joe Biden accompanied by Education Secretary Miguel Cardona as he announces new actions to protect student-loan borrowers in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, DC.

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A federal watchdog is suing a tech boot camp, accusing it of loading students up with 'predatory' debt and telling them it could collect 'more than the consumer legally owed'

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Rohit Chopra, the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, at Senate committee hearing in June.

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