Student loan forgiveness

Type: Concept

As of November 2026, Student loan forgiveness has been mentioned in one podcast episode on The Ezra Klein Show (Sep 2025).

In the United States, student loans are a form of financial aid intended to help students access higher education. In 2018, 70 percent of higher education graduates had used loans to cover some or all of their expenses. With notable exceptions, student loans must be repaid, in contrast to other forms of financial aid such as scholarships and bursaries which are not repaid, and grants, which rarely have to be repaid. Student loans may be discharged through bankruptcy, but this is difficult. Resea