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Guard ‘temporarily’ pauses some student loan repayments due to funding
The Army National Guard has had to halt a key educational benefit due to a funding shortfall.
By Davis Winkie
Here’s how to make your college costs and student loans work for you
If you or a family member is interested in higher education, or even if you already have student loans, you’ll need financing options. There are several ways you can approach the situation.
Planning to Move This Summer? How a VA Loan Works for You
But if you’ve done the math, you may think you can’t afford a home. The median home value in the United States is $217,600, and prices can go much higher depending on where you’re buying. Fortunately, veterans have a way to avoid the high costs of getting into a home with a Veteran Affairs loan.
When will these disabled veterans get millions of dollars in refunds?
Lawmakers are seeking a schedule of repayments to disabled veterans who were erroneously charged by the VA.
By Karen Jowers
Thousands of disabled veterans may get refunds of VA home loan fees
Disabled veterans were charged a funding fee for their VA home loan, when they should have been exempt.
By Karen Jowers
These unique scholarships gives student vets cash to make ends meet
The funds give veterans what they need beyond just tuition support, including paying their bills, child care or even groceries.
By Joshua Axelrod
This for-profit college left one veteran with $101,000 in debt and a sketchy degree: testimony
Eric Luongo went to Capitol Hill to tell the story of how he believes DeVry University made him promises they couldn’t keep and left him with a useless degree and insurmountable loan debt.
By Joshua Axelrod
Here are some surprising ways troops and vets can cut their student loan debt
Even with their military education benefits, one-quarter of veterans using the Post-9/11 GI Bill have federal student loan debt when they graduate. And approximately 200,000 active duty members owe a collective $2.9 billion in student loan debt.
By Mike Saunders
Man who reportedly swindled veterans out of retirement and disability pay for 7 years fined $1
The amount “accounts for Corbett’s inability to pay more based on sworn financial statements that he provided to the Bureau and Corbett’s ongoing cooperation with the Bureau’s investigation."
By Jon Simkins
This federal program wipes away disabled vets’ student debt. They’re defaulting on their loans anyway.
About 42,000 veterans had been contacted, and 7,700 had had their loans discharged, according to information provided by the Education Department this week, leading advocates to wonder whether there’s more the federal government can do to expand its the benefit’s reach.
By Natalie Gross
Could this government program wipe away all your student loan debt?
The Veterans Affairs Department and the Department of Education are working together to make it easier for you to apply to have your loans forgiven. Here are five things you need to know before applying.
By Mike Saunders, Veterans Education Success