Domino: A Blog About Student Debt

What Trump's CFPB has and hasn't done in the first two months of Russell Vought's control of the Bureau. Vought has so far illegally fired staff, halted the Bureau's critical work, and pardoned corporate lawmakers.

Prehired was an online tech sales bootcamp that was forced to shut down after luring students into scam “training” programs and saddling them with predatory student debt. Now, Prehired’s CEO and founder Joshua Jordan has relaunched his company, just under a new name—FastTrack.

The second Trump Admin has been filled with chaos and uncertainty for students and borrowers—but they can take critical steps to protect themselves and fight back.

House Republicans are moving forward with their plans to pass a budget that will allow them to deliver $4.5 trillion in tax cuts to billionaires and big corporations by cutting education, lifesaving healthcare and food assistance, and other critical social programs that working families rely on. 

As the second Trump Administration has begun to implement its blatantly anti-worker agenda, state policymakers have an opportunity and responsibility to stand in the gap and protect workers in their states.

Without the CFPB, financial predators will get free rein.

Following OMB's sweeping order to withhold federal grant and loan funds, policymakers must demand answers from McMahon as they vet her qualifications to be the nation’s top education official.

Domino: A Blog About Student Debt is the Student Borrower Protection Center's blog featuring analysis, commentary, and data about student debt relief.

Students and education access should not be at the mercy of risky credit markets.

For the first time in four-and-a-half years, millions of student loan borrowers will soon feel the economically draconian penalties of a student loan default once again.