The Department of Education is restarting its collection of defaulted student loans after a five-year halt. Repayment requirements have been halted since March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However,

The U.S. Department of Education said on Monday it will resume collecting federal student repayments from borrowers in default from May 5 after a pause of more than five years.

For the first time in five years, student loan borrowers whose payments are long overdue could face stiff consequences, and that puts a disproportionate number of women at further financial risk. The Trump Department of Education announced Monday that,