Federal Student Loan Updates: Involuntary Debt Collection Resumes
This month, the federal government began taking action against student loan borrowers with accounts in default. In this episode of Making Cents of Money, learn what that means for borrowers and what options might be available.
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Resources
Federal Student Aid
News Articles
- Cunningham, M. (2025, May 5). Student loan collections resume as record number of borrowers fall behind. CBS News.
- Dunbar, M. (2025, May 6). US student loan collections resume: Here's what you need to know. The Guardian.
- Hanson, M. (2025, March 16). Student loan debt statistics [2025]. Education Data Initiative.
- Kim, J. (2024, September 30). Deadline for Fresh Start defaulted student loans program gets extended. NPR.
- Prater, N. (2025, May 6). Trump administration gets aggressive on student-debt collection. New York Magazine.
- Reyes, Y., & Lalljee, J. (2025, May 7). What Floridians should know as student loan penalty pause ends. Axios Tampa Bay.
- Student Loan Borrower Assistance. (2024, September 20). Fresh Start ends Sept. 30: What borrowers need to know.
- TransUnion. (2025, May 5). As federal collections activity resumes, more than one in five student loan borrowers are 90+ days delinquent.
