The Street: Student loan forgiveness at risk for many: new White House policy

Dana Sullivan Kilroy (The Street), Student loan forgiveness at risk for many: new White House policy (Nov. 8, 2025)

Millions of Americans take jobs in the public sector, often at a lower salary than a similar job would pay in a private company, in exchange for student loan forgiveness.

Now millions of Americans who believed they were on a clear path to federal student-loan forgiveness are facing uncertainty.

A rule recently finalized by the U.S. Department of Education significantly narrows eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.

Read more at The Street via MSN

About the Author

Michael Hunter Schwartz

Michael Hunter Schwartz is the author of seven books, twelve law review papers, five book chapters addressing a wide variety of relating to teaching and learning in law school. Schwartz’s books include What the Best Law Teachers Do (Harvard University Press 2013) and a contracts textbook, Contracts: A Context and Practice Casebook (4th ed. 2025), which was the first book in a textbook series he designed and now edits. Schwartz has delivered more than 230 professional presentations about teaching and learning in law school. In January 2024, National Jurist Magazine named Professor Schwartz the 9th Most Influential Person in Legal Education.