# nelnet student loans

Biden's student loan plan won't bring down college costs » The plan is aimed at current borrowers, but it does little about the underlying cost crisis. Axios.com

Here's what borrowers should know as student loan payments set to resume » If you have federal student loans, repayments start up again on October 1 after a years-long pause due to the pandemic. Cbsnews.com

Student loan servicers cut customer service hours ahead of payment restart | CNN Politics » Some student loan servicers have recently cut back on customer service hours, adding to the fear that borrowers won’t have sufficient support when transitioning back into repayment after a more than three-year pandemic pause. Cnn.com

Do student loan interest rates follow the Fed's decisions? » Amid rate activity from the Federal Reserve, borrowers should understand how their student loan rates are affected. Cbsnews.com

What Matters in Student Loan Default: A Review of the Research Literature » Federal higher education policy has shifted over the past few decades from grants to lloans as the primary means for providing access to postsecondary education for low and moderate-income families. With this shift, policy makers have begun tracking student loan default rates as a key indicator of the efficacy of student loan programs. This effort requires a closer examination of how to define default and what default signifies: What is an acceptable rate of default? What factors contribute to default? Should default rates be used as indicators of institutional quality or loan program efficacy? These questions lead to further investigation of factors influencing default, such as whether default is a function of the characteristics of students or of the institutions they attend, and whether the types of loans borrowed influence the probabilities of default. To help answer these and related questions, this study reviewed the literature of research on student loan default conducted between 1978 and 2007, and ide Ir.library.louisville.edu

Iowa Department of Education Homepage » Iowa Department of Education homepage. Educate.iowa.gov