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Iowa Treasurer Roby Smith says the time has come to raise the annual limit because the increasing cost of college has outpaced inflation. In 2000, two years after College Savings Iowa was created, the average cost of college was $8,653 for a four-year public college and $21,856 for a four-year private school; in 2020, those averages were $21,878 for a public school and $47,961 for a private college.

Iowans using a state program to save for college would be able to deposit more money into the program each year under a proposal being considered by the state treasurer.

Calls for the Biden administration to use the Higher Education Act to continue loan forgiveness were made after the Supreme Court struck down his plan for student debt relief.

The U.S. Supreme Court decision to strike down President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program highlighted a critical problem facing American students:...

Four of the nine justices graduated in the 1970s, a time when the average student loan debt was around $1,000.

Before the payment moratorium, which was initiated during the Covid-19 pandemic, Black borrowers already bore the heaviest burden of student debt.

Senator John Cornyn is working to consolidate the federal government's repayment options and block President Biden's debt forgiveness plan.

In a blow to millions of American borrowers, and after almost a year since the program was announced, the Supreme Court -- in a 6-3 decision -- struck down President Biden's student loan forgiveness...

In a blow to millions of American borrowers, and after almost a year since the program was announced, the Supreme Court -- in a 6-3 decision -- struck down President Biden's student loan forgiveness...

June 29, 2023 The U.S. Supreme Court is set to rule on President Joe Biden's plan to forgive $400 billion in student loan debt later today. The program would