SEATTLE — A psychology lecture at the University of Washington erupted into turmoil on Wednesday when a man barged into one of the campus’s largest classrooms, raising a Nazi salute and shouting ...

Photo by Wesley Lapointe/For The Washington Post via Getty Images The Department of Education has sent mass emails to student loan borrowers who have made the number of payments required to receive ...

First-generation students are twice as likely to leave college without completing a bachelor’s degree than their peers, even if they come from higher-income backgrounds and come to college ...

Human male remains were found in the woods by a student near La Salle High School in Green Township. A cross-country runner at La Salle found the remains in the back of the lot near the high school ...

Micol Bez has three weeks to make a choice. The Northwestern University graduate student has spent years studying political epistemology and abolitionism. Now, she is prepared to risk everything — her ...

One of the most enduring relationships of Rick Betancur’s adult life is with his student debt. The federal loans have followed him for more than 26 years, longer than he’s been married. While his ...

Changes to student loan repayment were included in Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” that was approved by Congress in July. The Higher Education Act of 1965 requires public involvement in the ...

Already diminished by cuts by the Trump administration, the U.S. Education Department will see more of its work come to a halt due to the government shutdown. The department says many of its core ...

The federal government shut down at midnight on Oct. 1. With the federal government shutdown now in effect, administrators, students, teachers and families may be concerned about the impact on the ...

A government shutdown on Wednesday could have the potential to disrupt a multitude of federal activities — but people with student loans are expected to continue making their repayments, according to ...

A government shutdown has locked in as lawmakers remain deadlocked over the 2026 federal budget. The U.S. Department of Education plans to furlough about 95% of its non-Federal Student Aid staff in ...

Federal student loans will continue to accrue interest during shutdown. FAFSA opened on Sept. 24 and applications are still being processed. Pell Grants and federal student loans will continue to be ...