It’s been five years since California and other states started blocking colleges from withholding students’ transcripts for unpaid bills, with the federal government adding restrictions. But some ...

The introduction to today's long opinion by Judge Roger Benitez in Mirabelli v. Olson (S.D. Cal.): Long before Horace ...

One of the biggest barriers to higher education is money. That's according to a 2025 state of higher education study, and a ...

California and other states began blocking colleges from withholding students' transcripts for unpaid bills five years ago.

A Utah judge on Monday ordered the release of transcripts from a closed-door hearing in October over whether the man charged ...

California’s 2020 ban on transcript withholding marked a pivotal shift in higher-education debt policy, aiming to free ...

The U.S. Department of Education has signaled that next year it will resume garnishing wages of people who've defaulted on their student loans.

A new study suggests that distressed borrowers using a simpler bankruptcy process are succeeding — and that more people like ...

On December 22, students from Dublin Consolidated School caroled at local retirement communities, spreading holiday cheer through performances of classic songs. Guided by retired music teacher Volkert ...

At UC Berkeley, over half of registered disabled students have psychological or emotional disabilities. The number of ...

Student loan borrowers have spent much of 2025 trying to keep up with massive changes to the federal student loan system. That includes changes to repayment plans and borrowing limits. NPR's Cory ...