Student Loans and Bankruptcy: Can I Discharge My Loans?
Discharging Student Loans and Bankruptcy Many people ask me about discharging student loans when they're looking into filing for bankruptcy. Typically, student loans aren't discharged during bankruptcy proceedings. It's not impossible to accomplish if...
Income Contingent Repayment Plan for Student Loans Now Available
According to an article in the Star-Telegram, the new income contingent repayment plan for federal student loans is now available. Under the new plan, borrowers can repay their student loans based on their income...
What You Should Know About Student Loans During the Recession
For those students who took out student loans, now is probably the worse time to be graduating. The economy is still in the tank and those students loans aren't going away. Plus, the average...
School Transcripts Cannot Be Held Ransom After Bankruptcy Discharge
If a debtor's delinquent school tuition is discharged in bankruptcy, the college/university is prohibited from refusing to release the debtor's transcript/diploma. Most of us know that student loans are nearly impossible to discharge; but...
More Relief For Debtors With Student Loans
According to an article in the Star-Telegram , student loan repayment plans and student loan forgiveness programs just became more beneficial to students while student loan consolidation may not be such a good bet...
Texas Legislators Wrangle Out Of Control College Tuition
According to an article in the Dallas Morning News, the Texas Senate voted on Monday to put strict limits on how much state universities can increase tuition and other charges. The article said: ...
Student Loans and Income Contingency Repayment Plan
If you're a student loan debtor who is strapped for cash and having difficulty repaying your student loans, you've probably heard of the William C. Ford Income Contingent Repayment Plan. The income contingency repayment...