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The College Investor Audio Show
The College Investor podcast is a daily audio show that's dedicated to bringing you the best of TheCollegeInvestor.com. We discuss a variety of topics, all relating to millennial money - including student loan debt, investing, earning more money, and more! Robert Farrington, the founder of The College Investor and a Millennial Money Expert, shares how to get out of student loan debt so that you can start investing and building wealth for the future. Instead of cutting expenses and living a…
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SoFi’s SEC Filing Says Its Private Student Loans Can Be Discharged in Bankruptcy
SoFi Technologies told federal securities regulators that its private student loans can be wiped out in bankruptcy under certain conditions, a quiet admission…
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MOHELA Glitch Hits Student Loan Borrowers With False Past-Due Notices
Student loan borrowers serviced by MOHELA spent this weekend staring at delinquency notices they say should not exist. Accounts that showed $0 due and active…
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Department of Education Tells IDR Applicants To Reapply After Payment Error
Federal student loan borrowers are reporting a new email from the Department of Education telling them their income-driven repayment application produced an…
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Seniors With Defaulted Student Loans Could Lose Over $2,000 A Year In Benefits
Senator Elizabeth Warren pressed Deputy Treasury Secretary nominee Francis Brooke at a Senate Finance Committee hearing over whether the Treasury Department…
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Ninth Circuit Rejects Education Department’s Bid To Delay Loan Forgiveness
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit unanimously rejected (PDF File) the Department of Education's appeal to delay student loan relief for more than…
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Millions Leaving SAVE Could Still Owe $0 Per Month — But Most Haven’t Run The Numbers
More than 7 million student loan borrowers are being pushed off the SAVE plan in the next few months, and for many, the anxiety is real: after nearly two years…
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Federal Judge Rules Trump Administration Can’t Cancel Grants Over New Agency Priorities
Federal agencies cannot terminate grants simply because a new administration decides the money no longer matches its priorities, a federal judge ruled Friday…
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Education Department Asks Court To Toss Final Lawsuit Blocking SAVE Plan Shutdown
The Justice Department told a federal judge on July 14 that the last active lawsuit trying to stop the SAVE plan shutdown should be dismissed. They argue that…
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DOJ Opens Civil Rights Investigation Into Harvard’s $630 Million In China-Based Funding
The Justice Department announced Monday that it is investigating whether Harvard University's financial aid practices discriminate against American students…
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Gallup: Americans’ Confidence In Higher Education Falls To 38% As AI Doubts Grow
Americans' confidence in higher education slipped to 38% this year, down from 42% in 2025, according to the new Lumina Foundation-Gallup Confidence in Higher…
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Common Sense Media Rates Google AI Search An “Unacceptable Risk” For Kids
Common Sense Media's Youth AI Safety Institute has given Google Search's AI Overview and AI Mode its lowest possible rating (an "unacceptable risk" for kids…
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IRS Data: Families Paid Just $464 On Average In 529 Plan Penalties
New IRS data shows that the dreaded 529 plan penalty is far less common, and far less painful, than most families fear. According to the IRS Statistics of…
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Nelnet FAQ Signals Department Of Education Cut SAVE Exit Timeline By 3 Months
Nelnet has quietly revised its end-of-SAVE-plan FAQ to shorten its notice timeline: every 90-day notice from the servicer will now go out by the end of 2026…
The College Investor Audio ShowWhen Dollar Cost Averaging Works And When It Doesn’t
Dollar-cost averaging is a simple but effective strategy for addressing stock market volatility. Instead of trying to time the market with a large lump-sum…
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How Employers Can Contribute $2,500 To Trump Accounts
Employer contributions to Trump Accounts become legal on July 4, 2026 — one year to the day after the One Big Beautiful Bill Act created the new children's…
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New Department of Education Rule Makes Accreditors Prove Degrees Are Worth The Cost
The job hasn't changed, but the degree required to get it has. Over the past three decades, one profession after another has raised its educational entry…
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Lawsuit Demands Proof Education Dept. Delivered $23 Billion in Student Loan Forgiveness
A new federal lawsuit is trying to answer a question more than 1.5 million student loan borrowers have been asking: did the Department of Education actually…
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Applied For SAVE But Never Got In? Loan Servicers Are Denying Applications
Student loan borrowers who applied for the SAVE plan but were never officially enrolled are now receiving denial letters from their loan servicers. These are…
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New Bill Would Let Teachers Double-Dip PSLF And Teacher Loan Forgiveness
A pair of Democratic bills introduced in May would eliminate one of the oldest restrictions in federal student loan policy: the rule that blocks teachers from…
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Staying In SAVE Forbearance Has Cost Borrowers $3,500 Each — Here’s What Every Scenario Costs
Formal 90-day notices began going out to more than 7 million SAVE borrowers on July 1, arriving in waves. Borrowers who don't choose a new repayment plan by…
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Why Consolidating Your Student Loans in 2026 Can Set You Back
For most borrowers after July 1, 2026, consolidating federal student loans no longer offers a real upside — and it can quietly erase progress you've already…
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Education Department Will Cut Federal Loans From Low-Earning College Programs
The U.S. Department of Education announced a final rule that will, for the first time, strip federal student loan eligibility from college and career programs…
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What Changed for Student Loan Borrowers on July 1, 2026
The biggest overhaul of federal student loans in a generation just took effect. Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, borrowers who take out federal loans on…
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ED Expands Professional Degree List to 29 Programs After Court Order
Home / News / ED Expands Professional Degree List to 29 Programs After Court Stay ED Expands Professional Degree List to 29 Programs After Court Stay Updated…
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Federal Judge Strikes Down Education Dept.’s New PSLF Employer Rule
A federal judge has thrown out the Department of Education's controversial new Public Service Loan Forgiveness rule, ruling it unlawful one day before it was…
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Faculty Unions Oppose 3-Year Degrees As Massachusetts, Virginia And Ohio Push Ahead
The two largest faculty unions in the country are drawing a line against three-year bachelor's degrees, just as more states moves to make them real. The…
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Syracuse University Admits First Budget Deficit in Years After Missing 2026 Enrollment
Syracuse University Chancellor J. Michael Haynie told the community last week that it will not hit its undergraduate enrollment target for the fall and, as a…
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SAVE Student Loan Plan Timeline Estimates: When To Expect To Leave
The future of student loan repayment for SAVE borrowers has been finalized by a court settlement, and the exodus will start on July 1, 2026 in tranches of…
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The Latest Updates On Student Loan Changes
Robert joined the Money Life Show with Chuck Jaffe to talk about the latest updates with student loans: new repayment plan changes and new student loan limits…
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States Push to Block New PSLF Employer Rule Before July 1 Deadline
A coalition of states is pressing a federal judge (PDF File) to halt the Department of Education's new Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) rule before it…
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Department of Education Bumps Autopay Interest Discount to 1% — Here’s Who Wins
The U.S. Department of Education announced that its quadrupling the interest rate discount for federal student loan borrowers who enroll in autopay, raising it…
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House Democrat Files Resolution to Impeach Education Secretary Linda McMahon
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) announced she will introduce a resolution to impeach Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, accusing her of illegally gutting the…
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Student Loan Servicers Are Robocalling SAVE Borrowers About the July 1 Switch
Student loan servicers have started placing automated phone calls to SAVE borrowers, warning them that their loans will reenter repayment when the forbearance…
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The Pros And Cons Of Socially Responsible Investing
In today’s world, a company’s bottom line doesn’t always mean its profit or loss for the year. Increasingly, investors are demanding that companies measure and…
The College Investor Audio ShowCan You Settle Federal Student Loans for Less?
The federal government does not have the legal authority to forgive all student loans through executive action. But in narrow circumstances, it can compromise…
The College Investor Audio ShowDo Colleges Allow Pets? What To Know About Pet-Friendly Campuses
In recent years, many colleges and universities have adjusted their campus pet policies to meet the changing needs of students. Having a pet in college was…
The College Investor Audio ShowHow To Graduate From College With No Student Loan Debt
Overall, 38% of undergraduate students graduate college without student loan debt. This includes a third of students in Certificate programs, more than half…
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Universities Cut Jobs and Degrees as International Graduate Students Vanish in 2026
International graduate enrollment at U.S. colleges fell again this year, and the financial damage is showing up fast in layoffs, budget deficits, and shuttered…
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62 Lawmakers Demand Education Department Act on Student Loan Default Crisis
Sixty-two members of Congress are demanding the Department of Education act before millions more borrowers fall into default and they want answers by June 22…
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Vet and Medical Students Face Loan Disbursement Delays as OBBBA Rollout Stalls Aid
Over the past several weeks we've heard multiple reports from graduate students about financial aid delays and miscommunication as they start summer classes…
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House Spending Bill Would Eliminate Subsidized Student Loans To Pay For Pell
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies released its fiscal year 2027 spending bill (PDF…
The College Investor Audio ShowUnder Secretary of Education Nicholas Kent Explains the July 1 Student Loan Changes
The federal student loan system is about to see its biggest changes in decades — and most borrowers have no idea what's coming. In this episode, Robert…
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Could Your College Close? 5 Warning Signs Every Family Should Watch For
Hampshire College and Anna Maria College have both announced plans to wind down, joining a a list of other colleges that have announced closures this year…
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College Pricing Black Box: How Colleges Inflate the Cost of a Degree
The price a college advertises and the price a family actually pays out of pocket are two very different numbers, and the distance between them is rarely an…
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Gen Z Got Only 38% Right On A Basic Money Quiz — The Worst Of Any Generation
Americans' financial literacy has slipped to its lowest level in a decade, according to the 2026 TIAA Institute-GFLEC Personal Finance Index released this…
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Mizzou Tuition Rising 4% This Fall After Board Of Curators Vote
The University of Missouri System Board of Curators voted unanimously Thursday to raise undergraduate tuition 4% across all four campuses for the 2026-27…
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Cal State Approves 3-Year Bachelor’s Degrees Across All 22 Campuses
California State University, the largest public college system in the U.S., just voted to allow (PDF File) the creation of bachelor's degrees that can be…
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Education Department Sends SAVE Borrowers a “Courtesy” Warning Before July 1 Formal Notices Begin
The U.S. Department of Education has started emailing borrowers enrolled in the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan a second round of reminders (which…
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How Mandatory College Fees Like SMU’s $8,080 Catch Families Off Guard
Families comparing colleges usually start with the published tuition number. That number is rarely what they will actually owe. While most families don't pay…
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Wage Garnishment On Defaulted Student Loans Restarts This Fall
The U.S. Department of Education, with the Department of Treasury, plans to resume administrative wage garnishment on defaulted federal student loans this…
The College Investor Audio ShowDan Zibel of Student Defense on AI in Admissions, Student Data Rights, and the AI Bill of Rights
Student Defense co-founder Dan Zibel joins The College Investor at the ASU+GSV Summit to talk about how colleges are using AI in admissions, grading, and…
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UC Irvine Cuts MBA Tuition to $99,000 to Slip Under New Federal Loan Cap
UC Irvine's Paul Merage School of Business is cutting tuition on its Flex MBA program by $30,000 and its Executive MBA by $48,000 starting this fall — a…
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Education Department Stops Updating Key School Data After Cutting Research Arm
Key federal databases that tracked American schools since 1962 is now running on outdated numbers. After Education Department gutted their research arm last…
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Federal Student Loan Rates Set To Rise For The 2026-27 School Year
Federal student loan interest rates are heading higher for the 2026-27 academic year, following Monday's May 10-year Treasury Note auction (PDF File)…
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SAVE Forbearance Is Ending: 7 Million Borrowers Face Repayment Restart
The payment pause protecting borrowers in the SAVE plan is winding down, with loan servicers set to begin notifying borrowers starting July 1 to move into a…
The College Investor Audio ShowTyler West On Saving For College, Picking The Right School, And Avoiding The Student Loan Trap
Financial planner and former college admissions consultant Tyler West joins The College Investor Audio Show at MilMoneyCon to talk about how families should…
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8 Colleges Closing In 2026: Here's What To Know About These Closures And Mergers
Anna Maria College's closure announcement last week brought the 2026 U.S. nonprofit college shutdown count to eight. The 80-year-old institution in Paxton…
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Department of Education Finalizes Loan Limits and Repayment Plan Changes
The U.S. Department of Education published its final rule implementing the student loan provisions of the Working Families Tax Cuts Act, ending Grad PLUS for…
The College Investor Audio ShowPreston Cooper on the ROI of College, Grad School Risks, and What AI Changes About the Math
Higher education economist Preston Cooper joins The College Investor at the ASU+GSV Summit to talk about when a bachelor’s degree pays off, where grad school…
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How The Repayment Assistance Plan (RAP) Works: Payments, Eligibility, And Forgiveness
The number of federal student loan repayment plans is shrinking. Starting July 1, 2026, new Direct Loan borrowers will only have access to two plans: the…