college loans

Gov. Chris Christie on Monday signed legislation allowing certain New Jersey student loans to be forgiven if the borrower dies.

Q. I read your article “When student loans break the bank.” My student loans are past due because I suffered an injury and lost my job. My lender listed alternative repayment plans as you listed in the article, but I’m wondering if they would ever consider a settlement option to pay in full for a lesser amount. I did that with a couple of my credit cards.

Q. My daughter is a college freshman and I’m trying to figure out what deductions we can take. We paid part of the tuition from a 529 plan and the rest is loans.

Issuing a clarion call to Americans saddled by student debt, President Barack Obama urged student borrowers Tuesday to stand up for their rights, and announced a medley of modest steps to bring some order to a notoriously chaotic system.

The three-year default rate on college loans is more than 10 percent in New Jersey, according to the latest numbers from the U.S. Department of Education.

Great news if you’re borrowing money to go to college in New Jersey or anywhere else.

Republicans have ignored a White House veto threat and passed a bill to keep interest rates on millions of federal student loans from doubling this summer.