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The College Investor Audio Show — 62 episodes

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DOJ Opens Civil Rights Investigation Into Harvard’s $630 Million In China-Based Funding

2

Gallup: Americans’ Confidence In Higher Education Falls To 38% As AI Doubts Grow

3

Common Sense Media Rates Google AI Search An “Unacceptable Risk” For Kids

4

IRS Data: Families Paid Just $464 On Average In 529 Plan Penalties

5

Nelnet FAQ Signals Department Of Education Cut SAVE Exit Timeline By 3 Months

6

How Employers Can Contribute $2,500 To Trump Accounts

7

New Department of Education Rule Makes Accreditors Prove Degrees Are Worth The Cost

8

Lawsuit Demands Proof Education Dept. Delivered $23 Billion in Student Loan Forgiveness

9

Applied For SAVE But Never Got In? Loan Servicers Are Denying Applications

10

New Bill Would Let Teachers Double-Dip PSLF And Teacher Loan Forgiveness

11

Staying In SAVE Forbearance Has Cost Borrowers $3,500 Each — Here’s What Every Scenario Costs

12

Why Consolidating Your Student Loans in 2026 Can Set You Back

13

Education Department Will Cut Federal Loans From Low-Earning College Programs

14

What Changed for Student Loan Borrowers on July 1, 2026

15

ED Expands Professional Degree List to 29 Programs After Court Order

16

Federal Judge Strikes Down Education Dept.’s New PSLF Employer Rule

17

Faculty Unions Oppose 3-Year Degrees As Massachusetts, Virginia And Ohio Push Ahead

18

Syracuse University Admits First Budget Deficit in Years After Missing 2026 Enrollment

19

SAVE Student Loan Plan Timeline Estimates: When To Expect To Leave

20

The Latest Updates On Student Loan Changes

21

States Push to Block New PSLF Employer Rule Before July 1 Deadline

22

Department of Education Bumps Autopay Interest Discount to 1% — Here’s Who Wins

23

House Democrat Files Resolution to Impeach Education Secretary Linda McMahon

24

Student Loan Servicers Are Robocalling SAVE Borrowers About the July 1 Switch

25

Universities Cut Jobs and Degrees as International Graduate Students Vanish in 2026

26

62 Lawmakers Demand Education Department Act on Student Loan Default Crisis

27

Vet and Medical Students Face Loan Disbursement Delays as OBBBA Rollout Stalls Aid

28

House Spending Bill Would Eliminate Subsidized Student Loans To Pay For Pell

29

Under Secretary of Education Nicholas Kent Explains the July 1 Student Loan Changes

30

Could Your College Close? 5 Warning Signs Every Family Should Watch For

31

College Pricing Black Box: How Colleges Inflate the Cost of a Degree

32

Gen Z Got Only 38% Right On A Basic Money Quiz — The Worst Of Any Generation

33

Mizzou Tuition Rising 4% This Fall After Board Of Curators Vote

34

Cal State Approves 3-Year Bachelor’s Degrees Across All 22 Campuses

35

Education Department Sends SAVE Borrowers a “Courtesy” Warning Before July 1 Formal Notices Begin

36

How Mandatory College Fees Like SMU’s $8,080 Catch Families Off Guard

37

Wage Garnishment On Defaulted Student Loans Restarts This Fall

38

Dan Zibel of Student Defense on AI in Admissions, Student Data Rights, and the AI Bill of Rights

39

UC Irvine Cuts MBA Tuition to $99,000 to Slip Under New Federal Loan Cap

40

Education Department Stops Updating Key School Data After Cutting Research Arm

41

Federal Student Loan Rates Set To Rise For The 2026-27 School Year

42

SAVE Forbearance Is Ending: 7 Million Borrowers Face Repayment Restart

43

Tyler West On Saving For College, Picking The Right School, And Avoiding The Student Loan Trap

44

8 Colleges Closing In 2026: Here's What To Know About These Closures And Mergers

45

Department of Education Finalizes Loan Limits and Repayment Plan Changes

46

Preston Cooper on the ROI of College, Grad School Risks, and What AI Changes About the Math

47

How The Repayment Assistance Plan (RAP) Works: Payments, Eligibility, And Forgiveness

48

43 Million Americans Have Some College But No Degree — Here’s Why They Left

49

Education Department Tells Borrowers To Expect Repayment, Not Forgiveness

50

Judge Approves $425M Capital One 360 Savings Settlement — Payments Expected July

51

New Analysis Projects Class Of 2026 Will Borrow $43,500 For A Bachelor’s Degree

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Treasury Set To Ramp Up Defaulted Student Loan Collections In July

53

Democratic Senators File Resolution to Block Trump PSLF Employer Restrictions

54

California Tops List of States With Highest Student Aid Fraud at $171 Million

55

554,000 Borrowers Still Stuck in Student Loan Repayment Backlog Despite Record Processing

56

89,720 PSLF Buyback Applications Are Pending — But Many Borrowers Won’t Need Them

57

College Board’s Education Pays 2026 Report Confirms: A Degree Still Pays Off

58

Why You Shouldn’t Name Minor Children As Beneficiaries

59

5 Beneficiary Designation Mistakes That Can Wreck Your Estate Plan

60

The Education Department Is Exposing Tens of Millions in Covid-Era Fraud

61

Lending Club CD Alternative

62

How To Optimize Your Taxes When You Side Hustle