Is Student Loan Forgiveness Coming to an End? What You Need to Know 🇺🇸

Across the country, millions of Americans with unpaid student loans are discovering that years of patience and forgiveness from the U.S. government have officially come to an end.


Stacy Cowley, a business reporter for The Times, explains what is behind the change of heart, sets out its financial consequences for borrowers — and discusses the larger reckoning that it may cause about how Americans pay for higher education.


Guest: Stacy Cowley (https://www.nytimes.com/by/stacy-cowley) , a business reporter at The New York Times, with a focus on consumer finance.


Background reading: 

• Millions of student loan borrowers are behind on payments (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/business/student-loan-borrowers-payments.html) .

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Photo: Seth Wenig/Associated Press






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