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What to Know About Crucial Changes to Student Loans

The Education Department recently wrapped up talks over how to change the student loan system. Here’s what borrowers should know about what’s ahead.

[...] "From limiting the amount students and families can borrow to cutting the number of repayment plans they’ll have to choose from, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is one of the more significant overhauls to federal student aid in decades. That said, many of the details on how those changes will be put into effect are left up to the Education Department, which is currently working to draft new rules and regulations detailing what borrowers can expect.

Many of those details were worked out over the last two months through a complicated process known as negotiated rule making, but the department still has a long way to go." [...]

For the complete article, visit: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/student-aid-policy/2025/11/18/what-know-about-crucial-changes-student-loans