Domino: A Blog About Student Debt

Any comprehensive analysis and regulatory prioritization grounded in removing barriers to societal equity must acknowledge the racially disparate effects of the student debt crisis and the decades-long failure to effectively regulate the student loan industry.

The policies put in place by the Trump-era Education Department continue to obstruct critical law enforcement work required to clean up the market.

Unlike federal student loans, these debts do not come with special consumer protections or guaranteed repayment options, and they are not subject to the same current payment freeze. Yet these debts can completely upend a student’s educational aspirations and hang over borrowers’ heads for years.

Throughout the pandemic, millions of borrowers owing hundreds of billions of dollars in privately owned student loans have been left with little or no relief.

Despite the devastating public health and economic fallout caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, student loan companies continue to haul borrowers into courtrooms across the country. Every day, we see more of these unconscionable lawsuits, including cases brought by companies that once publicly pledged to halt these practices in the first...

An emerging body of evidence suggests that student debt is a growing drag on the small business sector and on new business formation. This research suggests that addressing the student debt crisis will be a key step in promoting the resilience and vibrancy of the small business sector during and...

Together with our partners and allies, we have worked to ensure that the plight of student loan borrowers remains front and center as policymakers take action to tackle the economic crisis brought on by the pandemic.

This report looks at the fate of public service workers who owe older federal loans made by banks and other private lenders and guaranteed by the federal government under the Federal Family Education Loans Program

The SBPC released a new issue brief detailing how predatory for-profit schools team up with cohort default rate (CDR) manipulation companies to evade critical rules designed to protect borrowers who attended schools with high default rates.

The SBPC's latest report: Combating Exploitative Education: Holding For-Profit Schools Accountable for Civil Rights Violations, argues how civil rights statutes and regulations must be strengthened and enforced to protect borrowers and hold for-profit schools accountable for their predatory practices towards communities of color and other student loan borrowers.