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The uncertainty has experts worried about borrowers being unprepared for repayment to begin. A source says loan servicers have been told by the Education Department not to send statements to borrowers about the deadline.

The U.S. Education Department says Eastern Gateway Community College’s online program violated federal financial aid rules. The college warns that freezing the program could endanger its future.

Fairfield University’s Bellarmine College, designed to give low-income students in neighboring Bridgeport an affordable education, faces pushback from some residents.

However, without support from congressional Republicans, questions remain on whether it can pass before the Oct. 31 deadline for the temporary PSLF waiver.

Harvard is pushing Senate Democrats to consider reducing the controversial tax that draws an estimated $50 million annually from its $39 billion endowment. Many wealthy private universities want the tax eliminated.

New public opinion survey shows Democrats and Republicans alike are pessimistic of the long-term benefits of a college degree. Partisan divides still exist in solutions to address the rising cost of education and the role race plays in limiting access to college.

Illinois public colleges and universities, prodded by new state law, become latest to end the use of withholding transcripts from students with institutional debts.

Education Department proposes changes to loan programs to make it easier for public service employees and those who attended fraudulent colleges to get their student loans forgiven.