In a surprise move, the Biden administration announced it is fast-tracking a change that will erase the debts of many federal student loan borrowers after just 10 years.

Millions of Americans have begun paying off their federal student loans again. This is the return to repayment, in the voices of a handful of borrowers we met this year.

What to make of all the student loan news this year? We have three takeaways, and a literary analogy (it's NPR afterall).

More than 900,000 federal student loan borrowers are seeing their loans erased after being in repayment for two decades or more.

The Education Department said today that changes to a pair of previously troubled programs have recently led to $4.8 billion in loan relief for another 80,000 borrowers.

The department is withholding payment from loan servicer MOHELA as 2.5 million borrowers didn't receive timely billing statements.

Until July 2025, parent PLUS borrowers can paperwork their way into a kinder, gentler repayment plan.

October loan payments will still be due, but an extended shutdown could impact customer service.

When student loan bills begin coming due in October, new borrowers will take their first steps on the long road to paying off their debt. These tools and tips can help ease the journey.

As the cost of college continues to rise, families have new questions about how to save up. For answers, we turned to Ron Lieber, author of The Price You Pay For College.

For more than three years, no one had to pay their federal student loans. Payments are due again in October, but some borrowers are seeing their debts eliminated.