said in a statement to USA TODAY Tuesday that the temporary pause will not impact “assistance received directly by individuals,” including federal direct student loans and Pell Grants ...

Education Department says the pause won’t apply to grants received directly by individuals That includes the more than 40 million Americans with federal student loans and 7 million with federal ...

The memo points to a legal definition of federal financial assistance, which includes grants, cooperative agreements, surplus donations, loans and ... to “immediately pause” new programs ...

The Trump administration last month started garnishing paychecks and Social Security benefits to collect defaulted loans.

The funding pause “only applies” to discretionary ... their funds “are not frozen.” “Direct Loans, Pell Grants, and other federal student aid funds provided to individual students ...

It is unclear if the pause will affect non-direct loans or campus-based programs such as Perkins Loans. The White House is temporarily pausing federal grants and loans on Tuesday, but student loan ...

Education Department says the pause won’t apply to grants received directly by individuals That includes the more than 40 million Americans with federal student loans and 7 million with federal ...

“The temporary pause does not impact ‘assistance ... and “widespread confusion” about student aid being affected since federal grants and loans are awarded via the student’s selected ...