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Key PointsNearly every undergraduate can borrow a Federal Direct Loan with no credit check, but the limits ($5,500 to $7,500 a year for dependent students) haven't changed in over a decade and rarely cover the full bill.Since July...
The Question
I’ll never understand why the government assumes parents will be paying for their kids to attend post-secondary school.
We were a one-income (educator) family until six years ago when my husband went back to work and finally got...
Student loan refinance rates have held continued to hold even as the Fed has raised rates. As of October 8, 2026, student loan refinance lenders are offering fixed rates as low as 3.95% APR and variable rates starting...
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The Trump administration’s 2025 Compact for Academic Excellence asked colleges for concessions in exchange for vague funding preferences, and most invited universities declined to sign.
The federal government should make 12 commitments of its own instead, including indexing...
Key PointsSaving about $381 a month from age 25 and earning 7% a year reaches $1 million by 65. Start at 35 and it takes $820 a month.A $50,000 earner who puts 6% into a 401(k) and gets...
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The dependent care FSA limit rose to $7,500 per household in 2026 ($3,750 if married filing separately), the first increase since 1986.
Contributions come out of your paycheck before federal income tax and payroll taxes, which can save...
Just 32% of public bachelor’s degree-granting colleges were affordable for low- and moderate-income students in the 2023-24 academic year, according to the National College Attainment Network’s 2026 Affordability Gap analysis.
Community colleges, often pitched as the cheaper path...
Student loan default doesn't mean your credit is ruined for life. Missed payments and a default will show up on your credit report and pull your score down, by 91 points on average according to New York Fed...
Employers added 29,000 jobs in September and the unemployment rate rose to 4.2%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics September jobs report released October 2. The same release also cut 60,000 jobs from the prior two months....
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My daughter is a high school senior with a 4.6 GPA, and I just saw that she can only borrow $5,500 her freshman year. Most of the schools she’s looking at require freshmen to live in the...


























